Experiences with treating immigrants: A qualitative study in mental health services across 16 European countries

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-116

  Sandhu, Sima ^a   Bjerre, Neele V ^a   Dauvrin, Marie ^b   Dias, Sónia ^c   Gaddini, Andrea ^d   Greacen, Tim ^e   Ioannidis, Elisabeth ^f   Kluge, Ulrike ^g   Jensen, Natasja K ^h   Lamkaddem, Majda ⁱ   Puigpinós I Riera, Rosa ^j   Kósa, Zsigmond ^k   Wihlman, Ulla ^l   Stankunas, Mindaugas ^m,n   Straßmayr, Christa ^o   Wahlbeck, Kristian ^p   Welbel, Marta ^q   Priebe, Stefan ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^d Public Health Agency for the Lazio Region   (Italy)

^e Etablissement Public de Sante Maison Blanche   (France)

^f NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^g CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^j AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^l KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^m LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

ⁿ GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^o LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^p NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^q INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

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Author keywords

Europe; Mental health services; Migrants; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUGEE; STATISTICS; TRUST;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUGEES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TRUST;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872375984     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-012-0528-3     Document Type: Article

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