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Article de journal

Mental health problems of children of migrant and seasonal farm workers - a pilot study

Date

1997

Auteurs

J. B. Kupersmidt

Résumé

Objective: Children of migrant and seasonal farm workers constitute important populations for study because they chronically experience extreme poverty and parental unemployment. Also, migrant children are exposed to chronic residential and school mobility. Method: Mothers and children were interviewed using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version 2.1. Results: The results indicated that 66% of the children had one or more psychiatric diagnoses based on mother or child reports, with anxiety disorders being the most prevalent diagnosis. Conclusions: These findings suggest the need for a larger, epidemiological study of the psychiatric morbidity of rural children of farm workers. [References: 44]

Journal title

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Volume

36

Notes

Kupersmidt JB

Liens

Secteurs économiques

Agriculture and horticulture workers et General farm workers

Types de contenu

Policy analysis

Groupes cibles

Chercheurs

Pertinence géographique

National relevance

Sphères d’activité

Études en genre et sexualité

Langues

Anglais