Psychological distress amongst immigration detainees: A cross-sectional questionnaire study

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-286

  Robjant, Katy ^a,b   Robbins, Ian ^a   Senior, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH WEST LONDON AND ST GEORGE'S MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; POLICY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 69449107334     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466508X397007     Document Type: Article

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