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School Refusal: a 15–20-year Follow-up Study of 35 Swedish Urban Children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Natalia Flakierska ,
Marianne Lindström  and
Christopher Gillberg
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Abstract

Results from a 15–20-year follow-up study of 35 7–12–year-old children with school refusal and 35 age- and sex-matched comparison children are reported. The school refusal cases had applied for out-patient adult psychiatric care more often than comparison children. Also they had fewer children of their own. In respect of overall social adjustment and severe psychiatric disorders requiring in-patient treatment, there were no important differences.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 152 , Issue 6 , June 1988 , pp. 834 - 837
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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