The validity of screening for post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health problems among asylum seekers from different countries

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 171-186

  Jakobsen, Marianne ^a   Thoresen, Siri ^a   Johansen, Lars Erik Eide ^b  

^a Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies   (Norway)

^b Telemark Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Depression; Harvard Trauma Questionnaire; Hopkins Symptom Check List; Post traumatic; Stress disorders; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ASYLUM SEEKER; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REFUGEE;

NORWAY;

EPINEPHELUS INDISTINCTUS;

EID: 79952049835     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: 14716925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/feq053     Document Type: Article

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