How well do refugees adapt after resettlement in Western countries?

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 401-402

  Silove, Derrick ^a   Ekblad, Solvig ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0036889908     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2002.2e012.x     Document Type: Editorial

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