Prevalence, comorbidity and predictors of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents in rural north-eastern Uganda

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Abbo, Catherine ^a,b   Kinyanda, Eugene ^c   Kizza, Ruth B ^d   Levin, Jonathan ^c   Ndyanabangi, Sheilla ^e   Stein, Dan J ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c MRC UVRI Uganda Reseach Unit on AIDS   (Uganda)

^d Northern Stockholm Psychiatry   (Sweden)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety disorders; Children; Comorbidity; Predictors; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DSM-IV; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; UGANDA; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84880032406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17532000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1753-2000-7-21     Document Type: Article

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