Mental health of failed asylum seekers as compared with pending and temporarily accepted asylum seekers

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 184-189

  Mueller, Julia ^a   Schmidt, Martina ^a   Staeheli, Andrea ^a   Maier, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

asylum seekers; credibility; mental health; rejection of asylum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953192512     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq016     Document Type: Article

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