Determinants of increased risk of schizophrenia in immigrants. What could be done by our western governments?

Medicine and Law

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 699-713

  Martens, W H J ^a  

^a W Kahn Institute of Theoretical Psychiatry and Neuroscience   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation of immigrants; Governmental role in immigration; Immigration; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIVILIZATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GOVERNMENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RACISM; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIRUS INFECTION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 33846176887     PISSN: 07231393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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