High rates of psychiatric disorders in a sample of Brazilian children and adolescents living under social vulnerability - Urgent public policies implications

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-196

  Da Silva, Thiago Fernando ^a   Cunha, Paulo Jannuzzi ^a   Scivoletto, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PUBLIC POLICY; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 77958456883     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-44462010000200018     Document Type: Letter

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