Migrant mental health: A model for indicators of mental health and health care consumption

Health Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 96-104

  Kamperman, A M ^a   Komproe, I H ^a   De Jong, J T V M ^a  

^a Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(im)migrants; Culture; Health care consumption; Mental health; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFORMATION; LITERATURE; MALE; MEDICAL OUTCOMES STUDY 36 ITEM SHORT FORM SCORE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODEL; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION; PSYCHIATRY; RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SURINAME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WELLBEING;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SURINAME; TURKEY;

EID: 33846075296     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.26.1.96     Document Type: Article

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