Discordance in diagnoses and treatment of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-124

  Young, Andrea S ^a   Shashi, Vandana ^a   Schoch, Kelly ^a   Kwapil, Thomas ^b   Hooper, Stephen R ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

22q11.2DS; Children adolescents; DiGeorge syndrome; Psychopathology; Service utilization; Velocardiofacial syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHROMOSOME DELETION 22Q11; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PANIC; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 79958728721     PISSN: 18762018     EISSN: 18762026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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