Traumatized refugee children: The case for individualized diagnosis and treatment

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 534-537

  Kinzie, J David ^a,b   Cheng, Keith ^a   Tsai, Jenny ^a   Riley, Crystal ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Diagnosis; Refugee; Traumatized; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFLICT; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MEXICO; MOOD DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REFUGEE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WAR;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OREGON; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 33746607326     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000224946.93376.51     Document Type: Article

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