Prevalence of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Malhotra, Savita ^a   Patra, Bichitra N ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent; Epidemiology; Meta analysis; Psychiatric disorders; Weighted prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIA; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84904447428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17532000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1753-2000-8-22     Document Type: Review

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