Pilot Assessment and Survey of Syrian Refugees' Psychological Stress and Openness to Referral for Telepsychiatry (PASSPORT Study)

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 977-979

  Jefee Bahloul, Hussam ^a   Moustafa, Moustafa K ^a   Shebl, Fatma M ^b   Barkil Oteo, Andres ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

refugee mental health; Syria; telepsychiatry

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; MEDICINE; TELEMEDICINE;

MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS; SCREENING TOOL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYRIA; TELEPSYCHIATRY;

SURVEYS;

ADULT; CONNECTICUT; DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TELEMEDICINE; THERAPY;

ADULT; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REFUGEES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SYRIA; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84937776774     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2013.0373     Document Type: Article

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