1. Child mental health problems in the Gaza Strip.
- Author
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Thabet AA and Vostanis P
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Arabs, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Disorders epidemiology, Middle East epidemiology, Child Health Services organization & administration, Child Psychiatry organization & administration, Community Mental Health Services organization & administration, Mental Disorders ethnology, Mental Disorders therapy
- Abstract
This study describes the mental health characteristics of 150 children of 6-13 years of age, who had been referred to different types of services in the Gaza Strip: a community mental health center, five primary health centers and a pediatric hospital. There was a high rate of somatising disorders among children referred to the mental health center (42%). Parent-reported rates of significant mental health problems were high for all groups, i.e., 70% in the mental health center group, 30% in the pediatric group, and 18% among children referred to primary health centers.
- Published
- 2005