Psychosocial problems among immigrant and non-immigrant children: Ethnicity plays a role in their occurrence and identification

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 145-152

  Reijneveld, S A ^a,b   Harland, P ^b,c   Brugman, E ^b   Verhulst, F C ^d   Verloove Vanhorick, S P ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

^d SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Early identification; Ethnicity; Mental health; Preventive child health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMIGRATION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 21544435700     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-005-0454-y     Document Type: Article

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