Unaccompanied refugee children and adolescents: The glaring contrast between a legal and a psychological perspective

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 319-330

  Derluyn, Ilse ^a   Broekaert, Eric ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BELGIUM; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LEGAL GUARDIANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MINORS; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TORTURE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; WAR;

EID: 49649108761     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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