Establishing ongoing, early identification programs for mental health problems in our schools: A feasibility study

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 328-338

  Nemeroff, Robin ^a   Levitt, Jessica Mass ^c   Faul, Lisa ^d   Wonpat Borja, Ahtoy ^e   Bufferd, Sara ^e   Setterberg, Stephen ^d   Jensen, Peter S ^b  

^a WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REACH Institute   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d Prairie St John's   (United States)

^e William Paterson University ^*

Author keywords

Early identification in schools; Evidence based assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUICIDE; VOICE DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR CHILDREN IV; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45549097080     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e318160c5b1     Document Type: Article

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