Psychological distress among recent Russian immigrants in the United States

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-40

  Hoffman, Christopher ^a   McFarland, Bentson H ^b   Kinzie, J David ^c   Bresler, Larissa ^d   Rakhlin, Dmitriy ^b   Wolf, Solomon ^c   Kovas, Anne E ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LUMC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIGRATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; USSR;

EID: 31844446083     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764006061252     Document Type: Article

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