Mental healthcare needs of refugees

Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 405-408

  Craig, Tom ^a,b,c   Jajua, Peter ^a,b,c   Warfa, Nasir ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Centre for Forensic Mental Health   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asylum seekers; mental health needs; post traumatic stress disorder; refugees

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CYPRUS; FRANCE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIGRATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RAPE; REFUGEE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; WELLBEING;

EID: 33845371141     PISSN: 14761793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.mppsy.2006.08.009     Document Type: Review

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