Functional Outcome of Adolescents with 'School Refusal'

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-60

  McShane, Gerard ^a   Walter, Garry ^a,b,c   Rey, Joseph M ^d  

^a CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b Rivendell Child & Adolescent Unit   (Australia)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Depressive disorders; Outcome; School refusal

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL DROPOUT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0842263628     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104504039172     Document Type: Article

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