Concordance of mental health impairment and service utilization among children in care

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 481-495

  Tarren Sweeney, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

children; foster care; looked after children; mental health services; out of home care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW SOUTH WALES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 77957710222     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104510376130     Document Type: Article

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