Growing wealth and growing pains: Child and adolescent psychiatry in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 204-209

  Tan, Susan ^a   Fung, Daniel ^b   Hung, Se fong ^c   Rey, Joseph ^d  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child psychiatry; Hong Kong; Malaysia; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIST; SINGAPORE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 45949112404     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560701874283     Document Type: Article

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