Adolescents who are frequent attenders to primary care: Contribution of psychosocial factors

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 323-329

  Vila, Mar ^a   Kramer, Tami ^a   Obiols, Jordi E ^b   Garralda, M Elena ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Frequent attenders; Primary care; Psychosocial factors; Somatisation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 84857053968     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0326-8     Document Type: Article

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