Assessing the revised child anxiety and depression scale (RCADS) in a national sample of Danish youth aged 8-16 years

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Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Esbjørn, Barbara Hoff ^a   Sømhovd, Mikael Julius ^a   Turnstedt, Clara ^a   Reinholdt Dunne, Marie Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 84872262727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037339     Document Type: Article

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