School refusal and psychiatric disorders: A community study

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 797-807

  Egger, Helen Link ^a   Costello, E Jane ^a   Angold, Adrian ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxious school refusal; Epidemiology; Psychopathology; Truancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEAR; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STUDENT DROPOUTS;

EID: 0042469324     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CHI.0000046865.56865.79     Document Type: Article

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