Public Awareness of Child and Adolescent Mental Health: A Review of the Literature

The Mental Health of Children and Adolescents: An Area of Global Neglect

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 13-26

  Tyano, Sam ^a,b   Fleischman, Anat ^a,b  

^a GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Child mental health illiteracy; Children's unmet mental health needs; Fostering social and emotional health in children; Home visitation and child behavior checklist (CBCL); Integrating mental health into primary health care; Pediatric symptom checklist (PSC) for behavioral problems; United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959731600     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470512555.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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