The Target Symptom Rating: A Brief Clinical Measure of Acute Psychiatric Symptoms in Children and Adolescents

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 181-192

  Barber, Carol Cornsweet ^a,b   Todd Neese, D ^a   Coyne, Lolafaye ^a   Fultz, Jim ^a   Fonagy, Peter ^a  

^a MENNINGER CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85047689425     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15374424JCCP3102_04     Document Type: Article

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