Paraprofessional Counselling within Asylum Seekers' Groups in the Netherlands: TransferrinG an Approach for a Non-western Context to a European Setting

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-120

  Kieft, Barbara ^a   Jordans, Mark J d ^b   de Jong, Joop T v m ^c   Kamperman, Astrid M ^d  

^a GGZ Dijk en Duin   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

asylum seekers; counselling; mental health; psychosocial; refugees

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPOWERMENT; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REFUGEE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POLITICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 40749094887     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461507088000     Document Type: Article

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