Journal article
Access to health professionals by children and adolescents with mental disorders: Are we meeting their needs?
MG Sawyer, CE Reece, ACP Sawyer, SE Johnson, H Hiscock, D Lawrence
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD | Published : 2018
Abstract
Objective: To identify the percentage of 4–17 year olds with mental disorders in Australia who attended health professionals for single or repeat visits to get help for emotional and behavioural problems during a 12-month period. To identify factors associated with single and repeat visits, and the average length of time between visits. To compare the number of parent-reported visits with visits recorded in the Medicare Benefits Schedule. Method: The study used data from the national survey of the mental health and wellbeing of 4–17 year olds conducted in 2013–2014 (n = 6310). Participants were randomly selected from all 4 to 17 year olds in Australia. Information about visits was available ..
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Awarded by Department of Health, Australian Government
Funding Acknowledgements
The second Australian Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing was funded by the Australian Government Department of Health. H.H.'s position is funded by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council career development award (No. 607351). Murdoch Children's Research Institute is supported by the Victorian Government's operational infrastructure support programme.