Unnecessary suffering: Potential unmet mental health needs of unaccompanied alien children

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 319-320

  Kennedy, Elizabeth G ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MIGRATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; UNITED STATES;

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84876021326     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.1382     Document Type: Note

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