Prevalence of depression in Syrian refugees and the influence of religiosity

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue , 2016, Pages 78-85

  Naja, Wadih J ^a   Aoun, Michaelangelo P ^a   El Khoury, Eliane L ^a   Abdallah, Fabiola J Bou ^a   Haddad, Ramzi S ^a  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSTHYMIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; RELIGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYRIAN; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SYRIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963979581     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: 15328384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2016.04.002     Document Type: Article

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