Routine outcomes monitoring as part of children and young people's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP IAPT) - improving care or unhelpful burden?

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 129-130

  Wolpert, Miranda ^a,b   Fugard, Andrew J B ^a,b   Deighton, Jessica ^a   Görzig, Anke ^a  

^a ANNA FREUD CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMHS Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FAMILY THERAPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; PARENT COUNSELING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CARE;

EID: 84863876724     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2012.00676.x     Document Type: Note

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