PTSD and depression in refugee children: Associations with pre-migration trauma and post-migration stress

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 373-380

  Heptinstall, Ellen ^a   Sethna, Vaheshta ^a   Taylor, Eric ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Post migration experiences; Pre migration experiences; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; PARENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; REFUGEE; RELATIVE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE; CHILD; LIFE EVENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEPRESSION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21644458805     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-004-0422-y     Document Type: Article

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