Improving access to mental health care for children: The Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1191-1200

  Sarvet, Barry ^a   Gold, Joseph ^b   Bostic, Jeff Q ^c   Masek, Bruce J ^c   Prince, Jefferson B ^c   Jeffers Terry, Mary ^d   Moore, Charles F ^a,e   Molbert, Benjamin ^e   Straus, John H ^f  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Child psychiatry; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649662148     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1340     Document Type: Article

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