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Ten year follow-up of children with school refusal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Noel McCune  and
Joanne Hynes
Noel McCune
Affiliation:
Child and Family Clinic, 2 Old Lurgan Road, Portadown, BT63 5SQ, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland
Joanne Hynes
Affiliation:
Springfield Hospital, Tooting, London SW17 7DJ, England
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Abstract:

Objectives: To assess school refusal (school phobia) outcome in adult life.

Method: A 10 year follow-up used questionnaires completed by the target group of young adults and their parents and telephone interviews with their parents. Comparison groups were used.

Results: Psychiatric disorder was present in 30 % and caseness in a further 20%.

Conclusions: There is a need to identify interventions with long lasting effectiveness in this childhood disorder.

Keywords

School refusalLong-term follow-up
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , June 2005 , pp. 56 - 58
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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