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Journal article

Why are so many more adolescents presenting to our emergency departments with mental health problems?

Susan M Sawyer, George C Patton

Medical Journal of Australia | AUSTRALASIAN MED PUBL CO LTD | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.5694/mja18.00213

University of Melbourne Researchers

George Patton's Profile Picture
George Patton Author Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital

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Susan Sawyer Author Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital

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9Web of Science
11Scopus

Keywords

General & Internal Medicine
Prevalence
Emergency Service, Hospital
Emergency Services, Psychiatric
Child Psychiatry
Child
Mental Health Services
Humans
Disorders
Adolescent
Medicine, General & Internal
Science & Technology
Australia
Mental Health
Adolescent Psychiatry
Mental Health Policy
Life Sciences & Biomedicine

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