The “Ulysses syndrome”: An eponym identifies a psychosomatic disorder in modern migrants

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue , 2017, Pages 30-32

  Bianucci, Raffaella ^a,b,c   Charlier, Philippe ^d,e   Perciaccante, Antonio ^f   Lippi, Donatella ^g   Appenzeller, Otto ^h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e CASH and IPES   (France)

^f SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^h New Mexico Health Enhancement and Marathon Clinics Research Foundation   (United States)

ⁱ NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Integration projects; Migrations patterns; Psychosomatic disorders

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEAR; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; ISOLATION; LOSS OF APPETITE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRAINE; MIGRANT; NERVOUSNESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; REACTIVE DEPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TENSION HEADACHE; ULYSSES SYNDROME; EUROPE; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SYNDROME;

EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNDROME; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 85016405258     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2017.03.020     Document Type: Article

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