School Refusal in Children and Adolescents

American Family Physician

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1555-1560+1563

  Fremont, Wanda P ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; FLUVOXAMINE MALEATE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMAGERY; IRRITABILITY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SEDATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 0142054060     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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