Frequent visitors: Somatization in school-age children and implications for school nurses

Journal of School Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 169-182

  Shannon, Robin Adair ^a   Bergren, Martha Dewey ^b   Matthews, Alicia ^b  

^a Dallas Independent School District   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Frequent visitors; Health office visits; School nurse; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE EVENT; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STRESS; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANXIETY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCHOOL NURSING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77954704781     PISSN: 10598405     EISSN: 15468364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059840509356777     Document Type: Article

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