Children's adjustment and child mental health service use: The role of parents' attitudes and personal service use in an upper middle class sample

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-240

  Turner, Erlanger A ^a   Liew, Jeffrey ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's mental health; Mental health disparities; Mental health utilization; Parental attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952093875     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-009-9221-8     Document Type: Article

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