Emotional and psychological trauma in refugees arriving in Germany in 2015

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1483-1484

  Ullmann, E ^a,b   Barthel, A ^a,c   Tache S ^d   Bornstein, A ^a   Licinio, J ^e   Bornstein, S R ^a,f  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Hospital Dresden Friedrichstadt   (Germany)

^c Endokrinologikum Ruhr   (Germany)

^d Institute Springe   (Germany)

^e FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; STRESS HORMONE;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CUSHING DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DSM-5; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REFUGEE; THERMOREGULATION; WAR; WELFARE; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; REFUGEES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947618971     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2015.164     Document Type: Editorial

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