Screening for post-traumatic stress disorder among refugees in stockholm

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 185-189

  Söndergaard, Hans Peter ^a,b   Ekblad, Solvig ^b   Theorell, Töres ^b  

^a CTD (Center for Torture and Trauma Survivors)   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Post traumatic stress disorders; Refugees; Screening procedures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL WORKER; TORTURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17344390811     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480310001328     Document Type: Article

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