Long-term mental health of Vietnamese refugees in the aftermath of trauma

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 122-125

  Vaage, Aina Basilier ^a   Thomsen, Per Hove ^a,b   Silove, Derrick ^c   Wentzel Larsen, Tore ^d   Van Ta, Thong ^e   Hauff, Edvard ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e International House Foundation   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; VIET NAM;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIETNAM;

EID: 76749112514     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.059139     Document Type: Article

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