Immigrants from the former Soviet Union, 5 years post-immigration to Israel: Adaptation and risk factors for psychological distress

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1805-1814

  Lerner, Y ^a   Kertes, J ^a   Zilber, N ^a,b  

^a Jerusalem Mental Health Center Ezrath Nashim   (Israel)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROTECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; USSR; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; USSR;

EID: 27944473133     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291705005726     Document Type: Article

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