Diagnostic Agreement Predicts Treatment Process and Outcomes in Youth Mental Health Clinics

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 711-722

  Jensen Doss, Amanda ^a   Weisz, John R ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnostic agreement; therapy engagement; treatment outcomes; youth mental health services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELIMINATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 54849424734     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.76.5.711     Document Type: Article

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