Treated prevalence of and mental health services received by children and adolescents in 42 low-and-middle-income countries

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1239-1246

  Morris, Jodi ^a   Belfer, Myron ^b   Daniels, Amy ^c   Flisher, Alan ^d   Villé, Liesbet ^e   Lora, Antonio ^f   Saxena, Shekhar ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e L'Espérance ^*  (Switzerland)

^f A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

access; low and middle income countries; Mental health services; treated prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 80054969221     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02409.x     Document Type: Article

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