The Quebec adolescent refugee project: Psychopathology and family variables in a sample from 35 nations

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1426-1432

  Tousignant, Michel ^a   Habimana, Emmanuel ^b   Biron, Colette ^c   Malo, Claire ^d   Sidoli LeBlanc, Esther ^e   Bendris, Naïma ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Res Inst for Youth Social Devmt   (Canada)

^e DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f Ctr of Arab Studies for Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Psychiatric epidemiology; Refugees; Resettlement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0032719952     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199911000-00018     Document Type: Article

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