Physical and mental health of Afghan, Iranian and Somali asylum seekers and refugees living in the Netherlands

Worldwide, the number of refugees and asylum seekers is estimated to be about 11.5 million plus a much larger number of former refugees who have obtained a residence permit in a new country. Although asylum seekers have been coming to the Netherlands since the 1980s, very few epidemiological studies...

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Published in:	Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 18 - 26
Main Authors:	GERRITSEN, Annette A. M, BRAMSEN, Inge, DEVILLE, Walter, VAN WILLIGEN, Loes H. M, HOVENS, Johannes E, VAN DER PLOEG, Henk M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Heidelberg Springer 2006 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Afghanistan - ethnology Anxiety Anxiety disorders. Neuroses Biological and medical sciences Chronic illnesses Female Health services Health Status Humans Iran - ethnology Male Medical sciences Mental depression Mental health Middle Aged Netherlands - epidemiology Physical Fitness Population-based studies Post traumatic stress disorder Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Refugees Refugees - psychology Refugees - statistics & numerical data Residence Characteristics Somalia - ethnology Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - ethnology Netherlands Europe Somalia Afghanistan Iran Human determinants Posttraumatic syndrome Prevalence Anxiety disorder Mental health Refugee Posttraumatic stress disorder Epidemiology Stress Asylum seeker prevalence study post- traumatic stress disorder Public health
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