Mental health of North Korean refugees in protective facilities in China

Psychiatry Investigation

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 70-77

  Yu, Shi Eun ^a   Jeon, Woo Teak ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mental health; North Korean refugees in China

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHINA; DEPRESSION; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NORTH KOREA; PARANOIA; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT INVENTORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 46949103201     PISSN: 17383684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4306/pi.2008.5.2.70     Document Type: Article

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