Ataques de nervios and their psychiatric correlates in puerto rican children from two different contexts

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 197, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 923-929

  López, Irene ^a   Rivera, Fernando ^b   Ramirez, Rafael ^c   Guarnaccia, Peter J ^d   Canino, Glorisa ^c   Bird, Héctor R ^e  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Ataques de nervios; Child psychopathology; Cross cultural psychiatry; Culture bound syndromes; Puerto Rican children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVOUSNESS; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PUERTO RICO; SELF REPORT; SINGLE PARENT; STRESS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW YORK CITY; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 73849145381     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181c2997d     Document Type: Article

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