Prevalence and predictors of health service use among Iraqi asylum seekers in the Netherlands

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 837-844

  Laban, Cornelis J ^a,b   Gernaat, Hajo B P E ^c   Komproe, Ivan H ^d   Jong, Joop T V M ^e,f  

^a Institute of Community Mental Health Care Drenthe   (Netherlands)

^b GGZ Drenthe ^*  (Netherlands)

^c Diaconessen Hospital   (Netherlands Antilles)

^d Transcultural Psychosocial Org   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Drug consumption; Iraq; Psychiatric disorders; Service use

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASYLUM SEEKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG USE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IRAQ; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLITICS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES;

EID: 34748856882     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-007-0240-x     Document Type: Article

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