Diagnostic Profiles Among Urban Adolescents With Unmet Treatment Needs: Comorbidity and Perceived Need for Treatment

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-32

  Hogue, Aaron ^a   Dauber, Sarah ^a  

^a Yale School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; comorbidity; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual; perceived treatment needs; unmet treatment needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873669134     PISSN: 10634266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1063426611407500     Document Type: Article

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