Parental reports of somatic symptoms in preschool children: Prevalence and associations in a Spanish sample

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 598-604

  Domènech Llaberia, Edelmira ^a   Jané, Ma Claustre ^a   Canals, Josepa ^b   Ballespí, Sergi ^a   Esparó, Griselda ^b   Garralda, Elena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Preschoolers; Psychopathology; Somatic symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DIZZINESS; EMOTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATIZATION; SPAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SPAIN;

EID: 2642542488     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-200405000-00013     Document Type: Article

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