Needs and care of migrants considered as severely mentally ill - cross-sectional and longitudinal studies of a Swedish sample

European Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 533-539

  Arvidsson, H ^a   Hultsjo S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health care; Migrants; Needs; Severely mentally ill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 70849117480     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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