Migration and exile - Some implications for mental health in post-apartheid South Africa

South African Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 52-64

  Marchetti Mercer, M C ^a   Roos, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIENATION; ARTICLE; CITIZENSHIP; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY LIFE; HELPLESSNESS; HOME; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; REFUGEE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; SUPPORT GROUP;

EID: 33750455162     PISSN: 16089685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v12i3.67     Document Type: Article

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