The mental health of detained asylum seeking children

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 621-623

  Hodes, Matthew ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Children and adolescents; Deliberate self harm; Detention; European Union; Human rights; Posttraumatic stress disorder; War trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; DETENTION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PEER GROUP; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRISON; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 77956961717     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-010-0093-9     Document Type: Article

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