Exposure to violence: associations with psychiatric disorders in Brazilian youth

Objective: The effects of exposure to violent events in adolescence have not been sufficiently studied in middle-income countries such as Brazil. The aims of this study are to investigate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among 12-year-olds in two neighborhoods with different socioeconomic sta...

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Main Authors: Thiago M. Fidalgo, Zila M. Sanchez, Sheila C. Caetano, Solange Andreoni, Adriana Sanudo, Qixuan Chen, Sílvia S. Martins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2018-02-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462018005002101&lng=en&tlng=en