Detecting psychiatric disorders in preschoolers: Screening with the strengths and difficulties questionnaire

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 728-736

  Sveen, Trude Hamre ^a   Berg Nielsen, Turid Suzanne ^a   Lydersen, Stian ^a   Wichstrøm, Lars ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

diagnostic accuracy; DSM IV diagnoses; preschool; screening; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DSM-IV; DYSTHYMIA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP DISORDER; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84879469250     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2013.04.010     Document Type: Article

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