Browsing by Subject "Mental health"

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    • Association between school membership and substance use among adolescents 
      Gaete, Jorge; Rojas Castillo, María Graciela; Fritsch Montero, Rosemarie; Araya, Ricardo (Frontiers Media SA, 2018)
      Background: Substance use among adolescents is a major problem worldwide, producing many health and economic consequences. Even though there are well-known personal, familial, and social factors associated with drug use, ...
    • Mental health in immigrant children and adolescents in Northern Chile mental health in immigrant children ... 
      Caqueo Urizar, Alejandra; Atencio, Diego; Flores, Jerome; Narea, Marigen; Urzúa, Alfonso; Irarrázaval Domínguez, Matías (Springer, 2020)
      Approximately 1.251.225 foreign-born migrants reside in Chile, including 183.315 children. This study compares mental health indicators in immigrant and non-immigrant children to understand the mental health effects of ...
    • Prevención e intervenciones tempranas en salud mental: una perspectiva internacional 
      Irarrázaval Domínguez, Matías; Prieto Tagle, Fernanda; Armijo N, Julio (Universidad de Chile, Centro Interdisciplinario Estudios Bioética, 2016)
      Mental diseases are common, chronic and disabling, representing a problem in public health of importance in our country and in the world. For most common mental diseases, currently we dispose of medical and psycho social ...
    • Priority setting for mental health research in Chile 
      Zitko, Pedro; Borghero, Francesca; Zavala, Cynthia; Markkula, Niina; Santelices, Emilio; Libuy Hidalgo, Nicolás; Pemjean, Alfredo (BIOMED Central Ltd., 2017)
      Background: Scientific knowledge is a fundamental tool for making informed health policy decisions, but the link between health research and public policy decision-making is often missing. This study aims to identify and ...