Psychological distress and common mental disorders among immigrants: Results from the Israeli-based component of the world mental health survey

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1715-1720

  Mirsky, Julia ^a   Kohn, Robert ^b   Levav, Itzhak ^c   Grinshpoon, Alexander ^c   Ponizovsky, Alexander M ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST;

EID: 57349099130     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v69n1106     Document Type: Article

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