Gender-age interaction in incidence rates of childhood emotional disorders

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 829-839

  Wesselhoeft, R ^a   Pedersen, C B ^b,c   Mortensen, P B ^b,c   Mors, O ^c,d   Bilenberg, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research (IPSYCH)   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age; anxiety; depression; gender; incidence; interaction; puberty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PUBERTY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84927696354     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291714001901     Document Type: Article

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