Publications by authors named "Alfred L Lorenz"

Objectives: Distributions in children's or adolescents' mental disorders or in psychosocial pressures were demonstrated.

Methods: The health care population in child- and adolescent psychiatric institutions of Bremen in 2005 - 2012 (N = 7190) was analyzed.

Results: Amongst other burden factors pressures in school context or abnormal social environments increased significantly.

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The study examines ethnic differences in mental disorders in a child and adolescent psychiatry population in a major German city from 2007 to 2011 (N = 5,680). Risks of developing specific mental disorders were calculated. African migrant children and adolescents showed higher risk in traumatic stress and adjustment disorders (F 43 in ICD-10), the Asiatic group in dissociative disorders (F 44-45).

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Interethnic Analyses of Distributions in Children and Adolescents Mental Disorders in a Health Care Utilization The study examines ethnic differences in mental disorders in a child and adolescent psychiatry population in a major German city from 2007 to 2011 (N = 5,680). Risks of developing specific mental disorders were calculated. African migrant children and adolescents showed higher risk in traumatic stress and adjustment disorders (F 43 in ICD-10), the Asiatic group in dissociative disorders (F 44-45).

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