The prevalence of child-psychiatric disorders among 8-9-year-old children in Danish mainstream schools

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-67

  Bilenberg, Niels ^a   Petersen, D J ^a   Hoerder, K ^a   Gillberg, C ^a,b,c  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL); Child psychiatry; Epidemiology; K SADS PL; Prevalence; Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC ) curve analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 12744279890     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2004.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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