Self-reported Barriers to Treatment Engagement: Adolescent Perspectives from the National Comorbidity Survey-Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A)

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 775-781

  Sylwestrzak, Amy ^a   Overholt, Chelsea E ^a   Ristau, Kelly I ^a   Coker, Kendell L ^a,b  

^a THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Mental health treatment; Treatment barriers; Treatment engagement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DROPOUT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84941259101     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: 15732789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-014-9776-x     Document Type: Article

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