Excess use of coercive measures in psychiatry among migrants compared with native Danes

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-151

  Norredam, M ^a   Garcia Lopez, A ^a   Keiding, N ^a   Krasnik, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coercion; Health service; Migration; Public mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; REFUGEE;

ADULT; COERCION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHIATRY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 73549100237     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01418.x     Document Type: Article

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