Mental disorder among refugees and the impact of persecution and exile: Some findings from an out-patient population

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 726-732

  Lavik, Nils Johan ^a   Hauff, Edvard ^a   Skrondal, Anders ^a   Solberg, Øivind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; REFUGEE; STRESS; TORTURE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REFUGEES; RISK; SOCIAL ALIENATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SWEDEN; TORTURE;

EID: 0029856515     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.169.6.726     Document Type: Article

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