Length of stay in asylum centres and mental health in asylum seekers: A retrospective study from Denmark

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Hallas, Peter ^a   Hansen, Anne R ^b   Stæhr, Mia A ^a   Munk Andersen, Ebbe ^c   Jorgensen, Henrik L ^d  

^a National Institute of Public Health ^*  (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Box 810   (Denmark)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; IRAN; IRAQ; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MIDDLE EAST; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLITICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; RED CROSS; REFUGEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; USSR; WAR; YUGOSLAVIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTRUISM; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTRUISM; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; DENMARK; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EPISODE OF CARE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RED CROSS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE;

EID: 37548999021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-288     Document Type: Article

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