Risk and resilience for psychological distress amongst unaccompanied asylum seeking adolescents

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 723-732

  Hodes, Matthew ^a   Jagdev, Daljit ^a   Chandra, Navin ^b   Cunniff, Anna ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; High support; Posttraumatic stress symptoms; Refugees; Unaccompanied asylum seeking children; War trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REFUGEE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONDON; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 47249162005     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.01912.x     Document Type: Article

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