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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Underrepresented Youth With School Attendance Problems: Integration With Systems of Care, Advocacy, and Future Directions
Kearney C, Benoit L. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Underrepresented Youth With School Attendance Problems: Integration With Systems of Care, Advocacy, and Future Directions. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2022, 61: 1208-1210. PMID: 35364248, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2022.03.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSchool attendance problemsUnderrepresented youthAttendance problemsEnglish language learnersHybrid learning formatStudents of colorLearning formatLanguage learnersStudentsComplicated clinical pictureLack of accessSystems of careMental health outcomesYouthNeighborhood-level factorsClinical picturePsychiatric careHealth outcomesLearnersLess accessSocioeconomic statusAdolescent psychiatryChildhood adversitySchoolsMental health
2020
School Refusal or Truancy? A Qualitative Study of Misconceptions Among School Personnel About Absenteeism of Children From Immigrant Families
Martin R, Benoit J, Moro M, Benoit L. School Refusal or Truancy? A Qualitative Study of Misconceptions Among School Personnel About Absenteeism of Children From Immigrant Families. Frontiers In Psychiatry 2020, 11: 202. PMID: 32265757, PMCID: PMC7099978, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00202.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSchool personnelSchool attendance problemsSchool refusalImmigrant familiesYoung people's behaviorSchool cultureSchool identificationSchool exclusionMigrant familiesUse of interpretersExclusionary attitudesSchool attendanceSchool refusersSchool withdrawalUniversalist ideologySocial inequalitiesAttendance problemsTranscultural trainingQualitative interviewsParents' attitudesYoung peopleChildren's accessStudentsCultural factorsTranscultural context