Psychological distress and mental health service contact of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 651-659

  Sanchez Cao, E ^a   Kramer, T ^a   Hodes, M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Help seeking; Mental health services; Needs; Post traumatic stress disorder; Unaccompanied asylum seeking children

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HELP SEEKING; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEEDS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS; UNACCOMPANIED ASYLUM-SEEKING CHILDREN; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DEPRESSION; HELP SEEKING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEEDS; POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; UNACCOMPANIED ASYLUM-SEEKING CHILDREN;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84881615968     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2012.01406.x     Document Type: Article

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