Psychological distress and its demographic associations in an immigrant population: Findings from the Israeli national health survey

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-75

  Ponizovsky, Alexander M ^a   Radomislensky, Ira ^a   Grinshpoon, Alexander ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b SHA'AR MENASHE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Immigration; Israel; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNEMPLOYMENT; USSR; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58049130577     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670802534317     Document Type: Article

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