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- Title
Improving the care of adolescents in general practice.
- Authors
Hyldborg Lundstrøm, Louise
- Abstract
The author discusses the prevalence of mental health disorders in child and adolescence in Great Britain. He highlights the role of general practice in the clinical area of child and adolescence psychiatry. He mentions several reason on why do adolescence hesitate to seek care which include embarrassment, emotional distress and poor experiences of care.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; FAMILY medicine; ADOLESCENT psychology; CHILDREN'S health; MENTAL health services
- Publication
British Journal of General Practice, 2014, Vol 64, Issue 622, p216
- ISSN
0960-1643
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.3399/bjgp14X679552