APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Do High-Risk Adolescents Receive Mental Health Services in the Community That Are Appropriately Targeted to Their Diagnoses?
- Emma Whitmyre
George Mason University - Leah Adams
George Mason University - Annamarie Defayette
George Mason University - Caitlin Williams
George Mason University - Christianne Esposito-Smythers
George Mason University
Abstract
This study examined parent-adolescent agreement on adolescent mental health (MH) diagnoses and whether MH treatment received in the community corresponded with MH diagnoses in a treatment seeking sample of adolescents. Of the five MH diagnoses examined, agreement was only significant for mood and disruptive behavior disorders across both areas.
Adolescent