Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in preschoolers

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 695-705

  Wichstrøm, Lars ^a,c   Berg Nielsen, Turid Suzanne ^a   Angold, Adrian ^b   Egger, Helen Link ^b   Solheim, Elisabet ^a   Sveen, Trude Hamre ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

ADHD; anxiety; conduct disorder; depression; Diagnostic interview; oppositional defiant disorder

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORWAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84861333841     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02514.x     Document Type: Article

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