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Common mental disorders among adult members of ‘left-behind’ international migrant worker families in Sri Lanka

BACKGROUND: Nearly one-in-ten Sri Lankans are employed abroad as International migrant workers (IMW). Very little is known about the mental health of adult members in families left-behind. This study aimed to explore the impact of economic migration on mental health (common mental disorders) of left...

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Autores principales:	Siriwardhana, Chesmal, Wickramage, Kolitha, Siribaddana, Sisira, Vidanapathirana, Puwalani, Jayasekara, Buddhini, Weerawarna, Sulochana, Pannala, Gayani, Adikari, Anushka, Jayaweera, Kaushalya, Pieris, Sharika, Sumathipala, Athula
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2015
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4381514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25884656 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1632-6

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