Three Key Issues for Young Refugees’ Mental Health

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 196-213

  Hodes, Matthew ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child and adolescent psychiatry; disorders and impairment; refugees; risk and resilience; tiered services

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DEPRESSION; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POPULATION RISK; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOTRAUMA; PUBLICATION; REFUGEE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL DISABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036067519     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136346150203900206     Document Type: Article

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