Agreement on web-based diagnoses and severity of mental health problems in norwegian child and adolescent mental health services

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages 16-21

  Brøndbo, Håkan ^a   Mathiassen, Børge ^a,b   Martinussen, Monica ^b   Heiervang, Einar ^c   Eriksen, Mads ^d   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)

Author keywords

C GAS; DAWBA; HoNOSCA; Telepsychiatry; Web based

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDREN'S GLOBAL ASSESSMENT SCALE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WEB BROWSER;

EID: 84859882276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17450179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1745017901208010016     Document Type: Article

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