When the Poetry No Longer Rhymes: MentaL Health Issues Among Somali Immigrants in the USA

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 581-595

  Scuglik, Deborah L ^a   Alarcón, Renato D ^a   Lapeyre, Andre C ^a   Williams, Mark D ^a   Logan, Kathleen M ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; culture; immigrant; psychiatry; Somali

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY SIZE; FEAR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOMALIA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SICK ROLE; SOMALIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37249077515     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461507083899     Document Type: Article

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