Predictors of service use for mental health problems among British schoolchildren

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-40

  Ford, Tamsin ^a   Hamilton, Helena ^a   Meltzer, Howard ^b   Goodman, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent mental health; Epidemiology; Service use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEACHER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 38549178083     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2007.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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