Pervasive refusal syndrome among asylum-seeking children

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 457-473

  Von Folsach, Liv Lyngå ^a   Montgomery, Edith ^a  

^a Rehabiliterings og Forskningscentret for Torturofre   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asylum seeking children; Depression; Depressive Devitalization; Mental health; Pervasive Refusal Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEPRESSIVE DEVITALIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PERVASIVE REFUSAL SYNDROME; PILOT STUDY; PSYCINFO; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ALIENATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 33746106840     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104506064988     Document Type: Article

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