Mental health implications of migration: A review of mental health community studies on Russian-speaking immigrants in Israel

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 179-187

  Mirsky, Julia ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Migration; Psychopathology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RUSSIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61349149970     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0430-1     Document Type: Review

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