WPA guidance on mental health and mental health care in migrants

World Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-10

  Bhugra, Dinesh ^a   Gupta, Susham ^b   Bhui, Kamaldeep ^c   Craig, Tom ^a   Dogra, Nisha ^d   Ingleby, J David ^e   Kirkbride, James ^f   Moussaoui, Driss ^g   Nazroo, James ^h   Qureshi, Adil ⁱ   Stompe, Thomas ^j   Tribe, Rachel ^k  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g IBN ROCHD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^j MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^k UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Common mental disorders; Cultural bereavement; Cultural congruity; Cultural identity; Mental health; Mental health services; Migrants; Pharmacotherapies; Psychotherapies; Schizophrenia; Suicide

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LITHIUM; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG RESPONSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MIGRATION; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 79952380939     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2051-5545.2011.tb00002.x     Document Type: Review

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