Transition from child to adult mental health services: Needs, barriers, experiences and new models of care

World Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 358-361

  Singh, Swaran P ^a   Tuomainen, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; CANADA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DELPHI STUDY; DENMARK; DSM-IV; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; ISRAEL; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEUROSIS; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SUICIDE; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 84942510222     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: 20515545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20266     Document Type: Review

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