How do child and adolescent mental health problems influence public sector costs? Interindividual variations in a nationally representative British sample

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 667-676

  Knapp, Martin ^a   Snell, Tom ^a   Healey, Andrew ^b   Guglani, Sacha ^c   Evans Lacko, Sara ^b   Fernandez, Jose Luis ^a   Meltzer, Howard ^d   Ford, Tamsin ^e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Croydon Adolescent Mental Health Team ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

economic evaluation; education; Psychiatric practice; social work

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 84929224089     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12327     Document Type: Article

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