Service use for mental disorders and unmet need: Results from the Israel survey on mental health among adolescents

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-249

  Mansbach Kleinfeld, Ivonne ^a   Farbstein, Ilana ^b   Levinson, Daphna ^a   Apter, Alan ^c   Erhard, Rachel ^d   Palti, Hava ^e   Geraisy, Nabil ^a   Brent, David A ^f   Ponizovsky, Alexander M ^a   Levav, Itzhak ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b Ziv Hospital   (Israel)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; FATHER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTHER; REVIEW; SCHOOL; WIDOW;

EID: 77949403279     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2010.61.3.241     Document Type: Review

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