Overcoming barriers in referral from schools to mental health services

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-47

  Allison, Stephen ^a   Roeger, Leigh ^a   Abbot, Dorothy ^b  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barriers; Child and adolescent mental health services; Quality improvement; Referrer satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SATISFACTION; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 38549110554     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560701769525     Document Type: Article

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