Perception of need and barriers to access: The mental health needs of young people attending a Youth Offending Team in the UK

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 420-428

  Walsh, Judi ^a   Scaife, Victoria ^a   Notley, Caitlin ^b   Dodsworth, Jane ^a   Schofield, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to healthcare; Antisocial behaviour; Child adolescent mental health; Children's experience of health care; Hard to reach; Health beliefs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79958819476     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2011.00991.x     Document Type: Article

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