The psychological and social situation of repatriated and exiled refugees: A longitudinal, comparative study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 179-187

  Lie, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bosnia; healthcare; longitudinal; psychosocial; PTSD; refugee; repatriation; stress; torture; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NORWAY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REFUGEE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; AGED; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMATIC DELUSION; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFUGEES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 3543135902     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940310017797     Document Type: Article

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