Prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder in Tibetan refugee children

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 874-879

  Servan Schreiber, David ^a   Lin, Brigitte Le ^b   Birmaher, Boris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Major depressive disorder; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Refugees; Tibet

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; RELIGION; SCREENING; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 0031927716     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199808000-00018     Document Type: Article

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