DSM-III Disorders in Preadolescent Children: Prevalence in a Large Sample From the General Population

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 69-76

  Anderson, Jessie C ^a   Williams, Sheila ^a   McGee, Rob ^a   Silva, Phil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANUALS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW ZEALAND; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023193118     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1987.01800130081010     Document Type: Article

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