Anxiety, depression and PTSD in asylum-seekers: Associations with pre-migration trauma and post-migration stressors

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 170, Issue APR., 1997, Pages 351-357

  Silove, Derrick ^a   Sinnerbrink, Ingrid ^a   Field, Annette ^b   Manicavasagar, Vijaya ^c   Steel, Zachary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Asylum Seekers Centre   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; TORTURE;

EID: 0030998263     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.170.4.351     Document Type: Article

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