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- Title
Pervasive refusal syndrome among inpatient asylum-seeking children and adolescents: a follow-up study.
- Authors
Forslund, Carl-Magnus; Johansson, Björn Axel
- Abstract
Pervasive refusal syndrome (PRS) is a rare but severe condition, characterised by social withdrawal and a pervasive active refusal in terms of eating, mobilisation, speech and personal hygiene. PRS has been proposed as a new diagnostic entity in child and adolescent psychiatry, although the diagnostic criteria are debated. In the past 10 years there has been an increase in PRS symptoms among asylum-seeking children and adolescents in Sweden. Here, we describe five cases of PRS among asylum-seeking children and adolescents.
- Publication
European child & adolescent psychiatry, 2013, Vol 22, Issue 4, p251
- ISSN
1435-165X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00787-012-0341-2