Depression-withdrawal reaction in refugee children. An epidemic of a cultural-bound syndrome or an endemic of re-traumatized refugees?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 959-

  Bodegard G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CULTURAL BOUND SYNDROME; DEPRESSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY; HELPLESSNESS; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALINGERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REFUGEE; STUPOR; SWEDEN;

CHILD; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; REFUGEES; SWEDEN;

EID: 77953215490     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01763.x     Document Type: Letter

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