Annual research review: A meta-analysis of the worldwide prevalence of mental disorders in children and adolescents

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 345-365

  Polanczyk, Guilherme V ^a,b   Salum, Giovanni A ^b,c   Sugaya, Luisa S ^a   Caye, Arthur ^c   Rohde, Luis A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b National Institute of Developmental Psychiatry for Children and Adolescents (INCT CNPq)   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ADHD; anxiety disorders; children; cross cultural; depressive disorders; disruptive behavior disorders; epidemiology; Mental disorders; meta analysis; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; META ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84923632321     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12381     Document Type: Article

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