The strengths and difficulties questionnaire as a screening instrument for norwegian child and adolescent mental health services, application of UK scoring algorithms

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Brøndbo, Per H ^a,b   Mathiassen, Børge ^a,b   Martinussen, Monica ^b   Heiervang, Einar ^c   Eriksen, Mads ^d   Moe, Therese F ^e   Sæther, Guri ^a   Kvernmo, Siv ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d FINNMARK HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^e School Psychology Services   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORWAY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80053894466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17532000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1753-2000-5-32     Document Type: Article

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