Mental ill-health in young people: Assessment and early treatment

Medicine Today

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 46-52

  McGorry, Patrick D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b THE NATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; EARLY INTERVENTION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PROGRESSIVE PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84861735106     PISSN: 1443430X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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