Challenging future, challenging past: The relationship of social integration and psychological impairment in raumatized refugees

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Schick, Matthis ^a,b   Zumwald, Andre ^b,c   Knopfli, Bina ^d   Nickerson, Angela ^e   Bryant, Richard A ^e   Schnyder, Ulrich ^a,b   Muller, Julia ^f   Morina, Naser ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Outpatient Clinic for Victims of Torture and War   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f Psychiatric Services Thurgau   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Integration; Mental health; Migration; Post migration living difficulties; Posttraumatic stress; PTSD; Refugees

Indexed keywords

EID: 84970996969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v7.28057     Document Type: Article

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