Manifestations of Emotional Distress among Ethiopian Immigrants in Israel: PatienT and Clinician Perspectives

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-63

  Youngmann, Rafael ^a   Minuchin Itzigsohn, Sara ^a   Barasch, Miriam ^a  

^a Falk Institute   (Israel)

Author keywords

acculturation; cultural perspective; emotional distress; Ethiopian Jews; immigrants; somatization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; ISRAEL;

EID: 0033010498     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136346159903600103     Document Type: Article

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