Changes in psychiatric problems and service use among 8-year-old children: A 16-year population-based time-trend study

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 317-327

  Sourander, Andre ^a   Niemelä, Solja ^a   Santalahti, Päivi ^a   Helenius, Hans ^b   Piha, Jorma ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Depression; Mental health; Service use; Time trend

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILDREN DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HISTORY; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 45549103092     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e318160b98f     Document Type: Article

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