Psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents presenting with unexplained chronic pain: What is the prevalence and clinical relevancy?

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-48

  Knook, Lidewij M E ^a   Konijnenberg, Antoinette Y ^b   Van Der Hoeven, Joost ^c   Kimpen, Jan L L ^b   Buitelaar, Jan K ^d   Van Engeland, Herman ^a   De Graeff Meeder, Elisabeth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Altrecht   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Chronic pain; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILDREN'S GLOBAL ASSESSMENT SCALE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN PARAMETERS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; UNEXPLAINED CHRONIC PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PAIN; PAIN CLINICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78651505659     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-010-0146-0     Document Type: Article

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