Prelude to a school shooting? Assessing threatening behaviors in childhood and adolescence

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 847-852

  Weisbrot, Deborah M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CRIME; DENIAL; DRAWING; FAMILY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; FIREARM; MASS SCREENING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOPATHY; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PARENTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 58149179385     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181799fd3     Document Type: Article

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