Returning refugees: Psychosocial problems and mediators of mental health among Malawian returnees

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 165-178

  Gillespie, Alex ^a   Peltzer, Karl ^b   Maclachlan, Malcolm ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; REFUGEE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0034104715     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638230050009168     Document Type: Article

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