The role of mental health professionals in political asylum processing

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 479-489

  Meffert, Susan M ^a   Musalo, Karen ^a   Mcniel, Dale E ^a   Binder, Renée L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALINGERING; MIGRATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; UNITED STATES;

EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALINGERING; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650409325     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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