Can standardized diagnostic assessment be a useful adjunct to clinical assessment in child mental health services? A randomized controlled trial of disclosure of the Development and Well-Being Assessment to practitioners

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 583-593

  Ford, Tamsin ^a   Last, Anna ^a   Henley, William ^a   Norman, Shelley ^a   Guglani, Sacha ^c   Kelesidi, Katerina ^b   Martin, Anne Marie ^b   Moran, Pippa ^b   Latham Cork, Harriett ^a   Goodman, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DAWBA; Diagnosis; RCT; Standardized Assessments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84876406681     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-012-0564-z     Document Type: Article

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