Exploring the relationship between quality of life and mental health problems in children: implications for measurement and practice

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 659-667

  Sharpe, Helen ^a   Patalay, Praveetha ^a   Fink, Elian ^a   Vostanis, Panos ^b   Deighton, Jessica ^a   Wolpert, Miranda ^a  

^a ANNA FREUD CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Mental health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOLS; SELF REPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84945157775     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-015-0774-5     Document Type: Article

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