Global Evidence for a Biopsychosocial Understanding of Refugee Adaptation

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 418-439

  Porter, Matthew ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; biopsychosocial; meta analysis; refugees

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY; REFUGEES;

EID: 35048813426     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461507081639     Document Type: Article

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