Case 20-2020: A 7-Year-Old Girl with Severe Psychological Distress after Family Separation

N Engl J Med. 2020 Jun 25;382(26):2557-2565. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc2002413.

Authors

Matthew G Gartland¹, Jose A Hidalgo¹, Fiona S Danaher¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Departments of Medicine (M.G.G.), Global Health (M.G.G.), Pediatrics (M.G.G., F.S.D.), and Psychiatry (J.A.H.), Massachusetts General Hospital, the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (M.G.G.), and the Departments of Medicine (M.G.G.), Psychiatry (J.A.H.), and Pediatrics (F.S.D.), Harvard Medical School - all in Boston; and the Department of Pediatrics, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA (M.G.G.).

PMID: 32579817
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc2002413

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Adverse Childhood Experiences
Central America / ethnology
Child
Child Welfare
Family Separation*
Female
Humans
Mental Health Services / supply & distribution
Mother-Child Relations / psychology*
Prisons
Psychological Distress*
Psychotherapy / methods*
Public Policy / legislation & jurisprudence
Refugees / psychology*
School Health Services
Spouse Abuse / psychology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic* / diagnosis
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic* / etiology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic* / therapy
Undocumented Immigrants / legislation & jurisprudence
Undocumented Immigrants / psychology*
United States