Migration background and juvenile mental health: a descriptive retrospective analysis of diagnostic rates of psychiatric disorders in young people

Introduction: This article presents diagnostic rates for specific mental disorders in a German pediatric inpatient population over a period of 20 years with respect to migration background and socioeconomic status (SES). Methods: Diagnostic data were obtained over a period of 20 years from 8,904 pat...

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Main Authors: Tilman Jakob Gaber, Samira Bouyrakhen, Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann, Ulrich Hagenah, Martin Holtmann, Christine Margarete Freitag, Lars Wöckel, Fritz Poustka, Florian Daniel Zepf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2013-06-01
Series:Global Health Action
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Online Access:http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/download/20187/pdf_1