Time trends in symptoms of mental illness in children and adolescents in Canada

CMAJ

Volumn 186, Issue 18, 2014, Pages E672-E678

  McMartin, Seanna E ^a   Kingsbury, Mila ^a   Dykxhoorn, Jennifer ^a   Colman, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANADIAN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYMPTOM; TREND STUDY; MENTAL DISORDERS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84918786068     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.140064     Document Type: Article

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