The mental health pattern of migrants: Is there a euphoric period followed by a mental health crisis?

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-27

  Pernice, Regina ^a,b   Brook, Judith ^a  

^a Department of Rehabilitation Studies ^*

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MENTAL HEALTH; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFUGEES;

EID: 0029924668     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002076409604200103     Document Type: Article

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