Teachers' recognition of children's mental health problems

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 150-156

  Loades, Maria E ^a   Mastroyannopoulou, Kiki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Externalising disorder; Internalising disorder; School

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GENDER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; TEACHER; VIGNETTE;

EID: 77955601587     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2009.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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