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An ecological model for refugee mental health: implications for research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2016

M. Purgato ,
W. A. Tol  and
J. K. Bass
M. Purgato*
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
W. A. Tol
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA Peter C. Alderman Foundation, Bedford, NY, USA and Kampala, Uganda
J. K. Bass
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
*
*Address for correspondence: M. Purgato, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Piazzale L.A. Scuro, 10 – 37134 Verona, Italy. (Email: marianna.purgato@univr.it)
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Global mental healthrefugeesasylum seekersstressors

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Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , April 2017 , pp. 139 - 141
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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