Mental health of asylum seekers: a cross-sectional study of psychiatric disorders

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Heeren, Martina ^a   Mueller, Julia ^a   Ehlert, Ulrike ^b   Schnyder, Ulrich ^a   Copiery, Nadia ^b   Maier, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Psychiatric Services of the Canton of St Gallen North   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOPKINS SYMPTOM CHECKLIST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; MORBIDITY; PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC DIAGNOSTIC SCALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SWITZERLAND; VERBAL RATING SCALE; ANXIETY; ASYLUM SEEKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DSM-IV; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84865061943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-114     Document Type: Article

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