Psychological well-being in Black Caribbean, Black African, and white adolescents in the UK medical research council DASH study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 759-769

  Maynard, Maria J ^a   Harding, Seeromanie ^a   Minnis, Helen ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Ethnicity; Family; Mental health; Social disadvantage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARIBBEAN REGION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34548308914     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-007-0227-7     Document Type: Article

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