Anxiety and depression levels in prepubertal obese children: A case-control study

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 1897-1902

  Esposito, Maria ^a   Gallai, Beatrice ^b   Roccella, Michele ^c   Marotta, Rosa ^d   Lavano, Francesco ^d   Lavano, Serena Marianna ^d   Mazzotta, Giovanni ^e   Bove, Domenico ^f   Sorrentino, Michele ^a   Precenzano, Francesco ^a   Carotenuto, Marco ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^e Unit of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry   (Italy)

^f Centro per la Diagnosi e Cura dei Disturbi dell apprendimento e del Comportamento Associazione per la ricerca scientifica Fusis   (Italy)

Author keywords

CDI; Childhood obesity; Internalizing problems; SAFA

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHILDREN DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREPUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ADMINISTERED PSYCHIATRIC SCALES FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84908209646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/NDT.S69795     Document Type: Article

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