Factors associated with mental disorders in long-settled war refugees: Refugees from the former Yugoslavia in Germany, Italy and the UK

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 216-223

  Bogic, Marija ^a   Ajdukovic, Dean ^b   Bremner, Stephen ^a   Franciskovic, Tanja ^c   Galeazzi, Gian Maria ^d   Kucukalic, Abdulah ^e   Lecic Tosevski, Dusica ^f   Morina, Nexhmedin ^g   Popovski, Mihajlo ^h   Schützwohl, Matthias ⁱ   Wang, Duolao ^j   Priebe, Stefan ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^h SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

ⁱ DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^j LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRATION; MOOD DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REFUGEE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WAR; YOUNG ADULT; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 84863234545     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.084764     Document Type: Article

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