Screening for emotional and behavioural problems amongst 5-11-year-old school children in Karachi, Pakistan

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 421-427

  Syed, Ehsan Ullah ^a   Hussein, Sajida Abdul ^a   Mahmud, Sadia ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Child mental health; Pakistan; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; STUDENTS;

EID: 34248672843     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-007-0188-x     Document Type: Article

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