Informants are not all equal: Predictors and correlates of clinician judgments about caregiver and youth credibility

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 407-415

  Youngstrom, Eric A ^a   Youngstrom, Jennifer Kogos ^a   Freeman, Andrew J ^a   De Los Reyes, Andres ^b   Feeny, Norah C ^c   Findling, Robert L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80155168058     PISSN: 10445463     EISSN: 15578992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cap.2011.0032     Document Type: Article

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