Prevalence of serious mental disorder in 7000 refugees resettled in western countries: A systematic review

Lancet

Volumn 365, Issue 9467, 2005, Pages 1309-1314

  Fazel, Mina ^a,c   Wheeler, Jeremy ^b   Danesh, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 17044372775     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)61027-6     Document Type: Article

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