TY - JOUR
T1 - Medical and Psychiatric Comorbidities in Children and Adolescents
T2 - A Guide to Issues and Treatment Approaches
AU - El-Mallakh, P.
AU - Howard, Patricia B.
AU - Inman, Stacey M.
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - Chronic medical illness among children and adolescents is a growing concern with implications for informal and formal caregivers. When coupled with a psychiatric comorbidity, implications grow exponentially. Nurses who care for child and adolescent populations play a crucial role in optimizing physical and mental health when they interface with patients and their caregivers. Evidence-based interventions can promote positive outcomes and enhance quality of life, whereas failure to use evidence-based approaches has serious consequences to the health of youth with medical and psychiatric comorbidities.
AB - Chronic medical illness among children and adolescents is a growing concern with implications for informal and formal caregivers. When coupled with a psychiatric comorbidity, implications grow exponentially. Nurses who care for child and adolescent populations play a crucial role in optimizing physical and mental health when they interface with patients and their caregivers. Evidence-based interventions can promote positive outcomes and enhance quality of life, whereas failure to use evidence-based approaches has serious consequences to the health of youth with medical and psychiatric comorbidities.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Children
KW - Comorbid medical and psychiatric illnesses
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cnur.2010.06.009
DO - 10.1016/j.cnur.2010.06.009
M3 - Review article
C2 - 20971335
AN - SCOPUS:77958186393
SN - 0029-6465
VL - 45
SP - 541
EP - 554
JO - Nursing Clinics of North America
JF - Nursing Clinics of North America
IS - 4
ER -