A review of mental health treatment dropout by ethnic minority youth

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 3-30

  de Haan, Anna M ^a   Boon, Albert E ^b   de Jong, Joop T V M ^c   Vermeiren, Robert R J M ^d  

^a PHAROS   (Netherlands)

^b De Jutters Centre of Youth Mental Healthcare Haaglanden   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Acad Ctr Child and Adol Psychiat   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

children and adolescents; dropout; ethnic minority; psychotherapy; review; youth mental health care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT DROPOUT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ETHNOLOGY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 85040816530     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461517731702     Document Type: Article

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