Child and adolescent mental health worldwide: Evidence for action

The Lancet

Volumn 378, Issue 9801, 2011, Pages 1515-1525

  Kieling, Christian ^a   Baker Henningham, Helen ^b   Belfer, Myron ^c   Conti, Gabriella ^d   Ertem, Ilgi ^e   Omigbodun, Olayinka ^f   Rohde, Luis Augusto ^a   Srinath, Shoba ^g   Ulkuer, Nurper ^h   Rahman, Atif ⁱ  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^h Early Childhood Development Unit   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRENATAL CARE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 80054961674     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60827-1     Document Type: Review

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