The impact of forced migration on mental health: A comparative study on posttraumatic stress among internally displaced and externally migrated kurdish women

Traumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 109-116

  GülşenGülşen, Cheka ^a,b   Knipscheer, Jeroen ^a,c   Kleber, Rolf ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b International Free Women's Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c Arq Foundation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

culture; ethnicity; race; supportive interventions; violence and aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551508294     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765610388306     Document Type: Article

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