Internalizing symptoms and disorders in families of adolescents: A review of family systems literature

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-117

  Hughes, Elizabeth K ^a   Gullone, Eleonora ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety; Depression; Family systems theory; Parent child relations; Parents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENT; REVIEW; SPOUSE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; SPOUSES;

EID: 37449018325     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2007.04.002     Document Type: Review

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