Trauma exposure, postmigration stressors, and symptoms of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress in Tamil asylum-seekers: Comparison with refugees and immigrants

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 175-181

  Silove, D ^a,c   Steel, Z ^a   McGorry, P ^b   Mohan, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Post traumatic stress disorders; Postmigration stress; Refugees; Tamils; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SRI LANKA; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0031892232     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb09984.x     Document Type: Article

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