The prevalence of DSM-IV psychiatric disorders among 7-10 year old Yemeni schoolchildren

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 224-230

  Alyahri, Abdullah ^b   Goodman, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Hadramaut University   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Arab; Child psychiatry; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Yemen

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT AND WELLBEING ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DISABILITY; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; YEMEN;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS; YEMEN;

EID: 40349094828     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-007-0293-x     Document Type: Article

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