Pervasive refusal syndrome among inpatient asylum-seeking children and adolescents: A follow-up study

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 251-258

  Forslund, Carl Magnus ^a   Johansson, Björn Axel ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asylum seeking; Follow up; Pervasive refusal syndrome; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONVALESCENCE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; NOSE FEEDING; PERVASIVE REFUSAL SYNDROME; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; USSR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; HUMANS; MALE; REFUGEES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84876687221     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-012-0341-2     Document Type: Article

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