How impaired are children and adolescents by mental health problems? Results of the BELLA study

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 42-51

  Wille, Nora ^a   Bettge, Susanne ^b   Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^c,d   Ravens Sieberer, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Senate Dept for Health Environment and Consumer Protection   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burden; Children and adolescents; Impairment; Mental health; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COST OF ILLNESS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 60849083858     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-008-1005-0     Document Type: Article

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