Mental health services use by children investigated by child welfare agencies

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 861-869

  Horwitz, Sarah McCue ^a,b   Hurlburt, Michael S ^c,d   Goldhaber Fiebert, Jeremy D ^a,b   Heneghan, Amy M ^e   Zhang, Jinjin ^d   Rolls Reutz, Jennifer ^d   Fisher, Emily ^d   Landsverk, John ^d   Stein, Ruth E K ^f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child mental health problems; Child welfare; Mental health services use

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD WELFARE AGENCY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84868622940     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-1330     Document Type: Article

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