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Publication Date: 2009-May
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The Costs of Mental Illness
Dickstein, Daniel
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, v48 n5 p460 May 2009
Children with autism are likely to have unmet health care needs and live in families that have financial problems. Preschoolers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder receive 2 to 4 times in health services than those without the disease. Cost effective treatments for childhood and adolescent depression are also discussed.
Descriptors: Health Services, Health Needs, Financial Problems, Autism, Mental Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Depression (Psychology), Child Health, At Risk Persons, Preschool Children, Access to Health Care, Cost Effectiveness, Adolescents, Children
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