"Solving Tension": Coping among Bhutanese refugees in Nepal

International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 71-83

  Chase, Liana E ^a   Welton Mitchell, Courtney ^b   Bhattarai, Shaligram ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Nepal   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Bhutanese refugees; Coping; Forced migrants; Individual behaviour; Mental health; Mixed methods; Nepal; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883376049     PISSN: 17479894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJMHSC-05-2013-0001     Document Type: Article

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