Unaccompanied adolescents seeking asylum: Poorer mental health under a restrictive reception

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 193, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 759-761

  Reijneveld, Sijmen A ^a,b   De Boer, Josien B ^b   Bean, Tammy ^c   Korfker, Dineke G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c Centrum '45   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anxiety; Mental health; PTSS; Refugee

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENDER NAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOPKINS SYMPTOM CHECKLIST; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NETHERLANDS; POLICY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SCHOOL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; UNACCOMPANIED ADOLESCENT SEEKING ASYLUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NETHERLANDS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 27744553615     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000185870.55678.82     Document Type: Article

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