Mental health in Ecuadorian migrants from a population-based survey: The importance of social determinants and gender roles

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1143-1152

  Amo, Julia Del ^a,b,c   Jarrín, Inma ^a,b   García Fulgueiras, Ana ^b,d   Ibánez Rojo, Vicente ^e   Alvarez, Débora ^a,b   Rodríguez Arenas, Maria Ángeles ^b,f   García Pina, Rocío ^b,d   Fernández Liria, Alberto ^g   García Ortúzar, Visitación ^b,d   Díaz, Domingo ^e   Mazarrasa, Lucía ^f   Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria ^h   Llácer, Alicia ^a,b  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d Health Department of Murcia   (Spain)

^e Health Department of Andalucía   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Immigration; Inequality; Mental health; Migrants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECUADOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPAIN;

ADULT; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPAIN; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83955164353     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0288-x     Document Type: Review

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