Editorial: A global perspective on child and adolescent mental health

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-225

  Leckman, James F ^a   Leventhal, Bennett L ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 40449094409     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.01884.x     Document Type: Editorial

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