Why are children and adolescents referred for psychiatric assessment without fulfiling diagnostic criteria for any psychiatric disorder?

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 199-207

  Dallos, Gyöngyvér ^a,b   Keresztény, Ágnes ^a,b,c   Miklósi, Mónika ^b,c,d   Gádoros, Júlia ^a   Balázs, Judit ^a,c  

^a Vadaskert Child Psychiatry Hospital   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d HEIM PÁL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

Author keywords

ADHD; Diagnosis; Phobias; Quality of life; Symptomatology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 84905739934     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/camh.12046     Document Type: Article

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