Using brief clinician and parent measures to track outcomes in outpatient child psychiatry: Longer term follow-up and comparative effectiveness

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 222-230

  Murphy, Michael ^a,b   Kamin, Hayley ^a   Masek, Bruce ^a,b   Vogeli, Christine ^a,b   Caggiano, Robert ^c   Sklar, Kenneth ^d   Drubner, Stacey ^d   Buonopane, Ralph ^b,e   Picciotto, Mark ^e   Gold, Joseph ^b,e   Jellinek, Michael ^a,b,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Partners Psychiatry and Mental Health   (United States)

^e MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child mental health; Comparative effectiveness; Outcomes measurement; Rating scales

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILDREN GLOBAL ASSESSMENT SCALE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PARENT; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC SYMPTOM CHECKLIST; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84867745560     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2011.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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