Different treatment thresholds in non-western children with behavioral problems

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 476-483

  Zwirs, Barbara W C ^a   Burger, Huibert ^a   Schulpen, Tom W J ^a   Buitelaar, Jan K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioral problems; Ethnicity; Impairment; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURINAME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; MOROCCO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; RISK; SURINAME; TURKEY;

EID: 33646354622     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000192251.46023.5a     Document Type: Article

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