Practitioners' attitudes towards the use of standardized diagnostic assessment in routine practice: A qualitative study in two Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 407-420

  Martin, Anne Marie ^a   Fishman, Roza ^b   Baxter, Laura ^a   Ford, Tamsin ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OXLEAS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diagnosis; practitioners' attitudes; standardized assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 79961047772     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104510366284     Document Type: Article

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