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successful, emotional symptoms and relationship problems commonly
persist. Though most school refusers become normal adults, social rela-
tionships may be somewhat limited and around a third have persisting
emotional disorders. Only a small minority develop agoraphobia or be-
come unable to face going to work.
Subject review
Heyne D, Rollings S. (2002)School Refusal. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester.
Heyne Det al.(2004)School Refusal in Adolescence. No. 18 in the PACTS
Series, edited by Martin Herbert. British Psychological Society, Leicester.
King NJ, Bernstein GA. (2001) School refusal in children and adolescents:
A review of the past ten years.Journal of the American Academy of Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry 40 , 197–205.
Further reading
Bernstein Get al. (2000) Imipramine plus cognitive-behavioral therapy in
the treatment of school refusal.Journal of the American Academy of Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry 39 , 276–283.
Egger, Het al. (2003) School refusal and psychiatric disorders: A commu-
nity study.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
42 , 797–807.
Heyne Det al. (2011) School refusal and anxiety in adolescence: Non-
randomized trial of a developmentally sensitive cognitive behavioral
therapy.Journal of Anxiety Disorders 25 , 870–878.
McCune N, Hynes J (2005) Ten year follow-up of children with school
refusal.Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine 22 , 56–58.
Thambirajah Met al. (2008)Understanding School Refusal: A Handbook for
Professionals in Education, Health and Social Care. Jessica Kingsley, London.