Ethnic density, cultural congruity and mental illness in migrants

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-137

  Bhugra, Dinesh ^a   Arya, Pradeep ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL CONGRUITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHNIC DENSITY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS;

CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 21244454085     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260500049984     Document Type: Conference Paper

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