Trauma, exile and mental health in young refugees

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 124, Issue SUPPL. S440, 2011, Pages 1-46

  Montgomery, E ^a  

^a Rehabiliterings og Forskningscentret for Torturofre   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Asylum seeking; Child; Mental health; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPIRICISM; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; FRIEND; HUMAN; INJURY; LANGUAGE; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE EAST; MOTHER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUGEE; SCHOOL; SLEEP DISORDER; STRESS; TORTURE; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; ETHNOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE EAST; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TORTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856394004     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2011.01740.x     Document Type: Article

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