Validity of PTSD in a sample of refugee children: Can a separate diagnostic entity be justified?

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 64-74

  Montgomery, Edith ^a   Foldspang, Anders ^b  

^a Rehabiliterings og Forskningscentret for Torturofre   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Child; PTSD; Refugee; Torture; Validity; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE EAST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REFUGEE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TORTURE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD REACTIVE DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE EAST; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFUGEES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34447284994     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.186     Document Type: Article

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