Mental health of Bosnian refugee children: A comparison of clinician appraisal with parent, child and teacher reports

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 204-216

  Goldin, Stephen ^a   Hägglöf, Bruno ^a   Levin, Lilian ^a   Persson, Lars Åke ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Mental health; Multiple informants; PTSD; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CHILD; CHILD REACTIVE DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REFUGEES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 47949105619     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480801983604     Document Type: Article

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