Mental Health Predicts Better Academic Outcomes: A Longitudinal Study of Elementary School Students in Chile

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 245-256

  Murphy, J Michael ^a,b   Guzmán, Javier ^c,d   McCarthy, Alyssa E ^a   Squicciarini, Ana María ^c   George, Myriam ^e   Canenguez, Katia M ^a   Dunn, Erin C ^a,b,f   Baer, Lee ^a,b   Simonsohn, Ariela ^c   Smoller, Jordan W ^a,b,f,g   Jellinek, Michael S ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Junta Nacional de Auxilio Escolar Y Becas   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^f BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Low income population; Mental health; School based services; Screening

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SCHOOL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84939897194     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: 15733327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-014-0464-4     Document Type: Article

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