Use of mental health services by children ages six to 11 with emotional or behavioral difficulties

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 930-937

  Simon, Allan E ^a   Pastor, Patricia N ^a   Reuben, Cynthia A ^a   Huang, Larke N ^b   Goldstrom, Ingrid D ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941215284     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201400342     Document Type: Article

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