Changes in psychological symptoms during the adjustment of recent immigrants

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 289-294

  Ponizovsky, Alexander ^a,b,c,d   Ritsner, Michael ^a,b,c,d   Modai, Ilan ^a,b,c,d  

^a Talbieh Mental Health Center   (Israel)

^b SHA'AR MENASHE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WELLBEING;

EID: 0034235305     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/comp.2000.7433     Document Type: Article

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