Demoralisation - A useful conceptualisation of non-specific psychological distress among refugees attending mental health services

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 512-524

  Briggs, Lynne ^a,b,d   Macleod, A D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d Family Mental Health Service   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMORALIZATION SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REFUGEE; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; SOMATIZATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33846241681     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764006066832     Document Type: Article

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