Profiles and Service Utilization for Children Accessing a Mental Health Walk-In Clinic versus Usual Care

Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 338-352

  Barwick, Melanie ^a,b   Urajnik, Diana ^c   Sumner, Linda ^d   Cohen, Sharna ^d   Reid, Graham ^e   Engel, Karen ^d   Moore, Julie E ^f  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Jewish Family and Child Services   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

child mental health; mental health; Service utilization; walk in

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANADA; CHILD; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER; CONTROL; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84880926316     PISSN: 15433714     EISSN: 15433722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15433714.2012.663676     Document Type: Article

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