The Epidemiology and Burden of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorder

The Mental Health of Children and Adolescents: An Area of Global Neglect

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 27-42

  Belfer, Myron L ^a   Nurcombe, Barry ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood mental disorder epidemiology in Western society; Contextual concerns and mental dysfunction; Disabilities, mental retardation, and epilepsy; Disability adjusted life year (DALY); Epidemiology and mental disorder burden; Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or AIDS; International child and adolescent mental health; Soldiering and prostitution child soldiers and sexual slaves; Substance abuse in children and adolescents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889451928     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470512555.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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