Process, outcome and experience of transition from child to adult mental healthcare: Multiperspective study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 305-312

  Singh, Swaran P ^a   Paul, Moli ^a   Ford, Tamsin ^b   Kramer, Tami ^b   Weaver, Tim ^c   McLaren, Susan ^d   Hovish, Kimberly ^e   Islam, Zoebia ^f   Belling, Ruth ^d   White, Sarah ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 77957656703     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.075135     Document Type: Article

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