Trauma exposure and refugee status as predictors of mental health outcomes in treatment-seeking refugees

BJPsych Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 178-182

  Knipscheer, Jeroen W ^a,b   Sleijpen, Marieke ^a,b   Mooren, Trudy ^a   June Ter Heide, F Jackie ^a   Van Der Aa, Niels ^a  

^a Arq Psychotrauma Expert Groep   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYLUM SEEKER; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; REFUGEE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH STATUS; SYMPTOM; DSM-IV; EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RAPE; SEXUAL ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84971501010     PISSN: 20564694     EISSN: 20564708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.bp.114.047951     Document Type: Article

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