Primary care treatment for child and adolescent neuropsychiatric conditions in remote rural Punjab, Pakistan - A cross-sectional survey

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 801-805

  Tareen, A ^a,b   Mirza, Ilyas ^a,c,e   Mujtaba, M ^d   Chaudhry, H R ^d   Jenkins, R ^c  

^a Human Development Research Foundation   (Pakistan)

^b BARNET ENFIELD AND HARINGEY MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d FATIMA JINNAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Cross sectional study; Primary care; Psychiatric problems in children; Service organization; Service provision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAKISTAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAITH HEALING; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PAKISTAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 54949129070     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2008.00859.x     Document Type: Article

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