Longitudinal follow-up of the mental health of unaccompanied refugee minors

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 337-346

  Vervliet, Marianne ^a   Lammertyn, Jan ^a   Broekaert, Eric ^a   Derluyn, Ilse ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Daily stressors; Longitudinal study; Mental health; Traumatic experiences; Unaccompanied refugee minors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; MINOR (PERSON); POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REFUGEE; SELF REPORT; UNACCOMPANIED REFUGEE MINOR; CHILD; LIFE EVENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; BELGIUM; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84901299434     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-013-0463-1     Document Type: Article

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