Psychological symptoms among an immigrant population: A prevalence study

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-27

  Ritsner, Michael ^a,b   Ponizovsky, Alexander ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Talbieh Mental Health Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMMIGRANT; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSION; PARANOIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031985571     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-440X(98)90028-1     Document Type: Article

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