PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS OF AFGHAN REFUGEES IN DELHI : A STUDY ON 152 OUTPATIENTS1

A brief review of literature on psychiatric morbidity associated with migration is presented, with particular emphasis on the problems of political refugees. Initial experiences with 152 Afghan nationals attending the psychiatric outpatient department of a general hospital in Delhi during a period o...

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Autores principales: Saxena, Shekar, Wig, N.N.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1983
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3012362/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21847250
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description A brief review of literature on psychiatric morbidity associated with migration is presented, with particular emphasis on the problems of political refugees. Initial experiences with 152 Afghan nationals attending the psychiatric outpatient department of a general hospital in Delhi during a period of 18 months are described supported by retrospective data from the records. Problems encountered in adequate assessment and management of these patients are highlighted. Need for prospective and longitudinal research on this group of patients is pointed out.
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spelling pubmed-30123622011-08-16 PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS OF AFGHAN REFUGEES IN DELHI : A STUDY ON 152 OUTPATIENTS1 Saxena, Shekar Wig, N.N. Indian J Psychiatry Original Article A brief review of literature on psychiatric morbidity associated with migration is presented, with particular emphasis on the problems of political refugees. Initial experiences with 152 Afghan nationals attending the psychiatric outpatient department of a general hospital in Delhi during a period of 18 months are described supported by retrospective data from the records. Problems encountered in adequate assessment and management of these patients are highlighted. Need for prospective and longitudinal research on this group of patients is pointed out. Medknow Publications 1983 /pmc/articles/PMC3012362/ /pubmed/21847250 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS OF AFGHAN REFUGEES IN DELHI : A STUDY ON 152 OUTPATIENTS1
title PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS OF AFGHAN REFUGEES IN DELHI : A STUDY ON 152 OUTPATIENTS1
title_full PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS OF AFGHAN REFUGEES IN DELHI : A STUDY ON 152 OUTPATIENTS1
title_fullStr PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS OF AFGHAN REFUGEES IN DELHI : A STUDY ON 152 OUTPATIENTS1
title_full_unstemmed PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS OF AFGHAN REFUGEES IN DELHI : A STUDY ON 152 OUTPATIENTS1
title_short PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS OF AFGHAN REFUGEES IN DELHI : A STUDY ON 152 OUTPATIENTS1
title_sort psychiatric problems of afghan refugees in delhi : a study on 152 outpatients1
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3012362/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21847250
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