Child and family psychiatric and psychological factors associated with child physical health problems: Results from the Boricua Youth Study

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 272-279

  Feldman, Jonathan M ^a,b   Ortega, Alexander N ^c   Koinis Mitchell, Daphne ^d   Kuo, Alice A ^e   Canino, Glorisa ^f  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Asthma; Headaches; Mental health; Puerto Rican

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEPRESSION; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PARENTAL STRESS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL CHILD;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACCULTURATION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NEW YORK CITY; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUERTO RICO; RISK FACTORS; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77951192342     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181d61271     Document Type: Article

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