A Systematic Review of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Depression Amongst Iraqi Refugees Located in Western Countries

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1231-1239

  Slewa Younan, Shameran ^a   Uribe Guajardo, Maria Gabriela ^a   Heriseanu, Andreea ^a   Hasan, Tasnim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b BLACKTOWN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Iraqi refugees; PTSD; Western countries

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; IRAQ; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; REFUGEE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

DEPRESSION; HUMANS; IRAQ; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84937524030     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-014-0046-3     Document Type: Article

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