Characteristics and needs of asylum seekers and refugees in contact with London community mental health teams: A descriptive investigation

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 789-795

  McColl, Helen ^a,b,c   Johnson, Sonia ^d  

^a Early Intervention in Psychosis Team   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d CAMDEN AND ISLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Community mental health teams; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIGRATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOSIS; REFUGEE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES;

EID: 33749179976     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0102-y     Document Type: Article

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