The mental health of refugee children

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 366-370

  Fazel, M ^a   Stein, A ^a  

^a WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036830426     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.87.5.366     Document Type: Review

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