Marvasti JA.Conn Med. 2011 Mar;75(3):133-41. Over 1.9 million U.S. veterans have been deployed to the Middle East since 2001. Statistics show that when they return, a significant number of them will develop psychiatric/psychosomatic disorders. Many of these returning veterans will be seen in primary-care offices or at hospitals. It is important for physicians to be […]
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Luo F, Florence C, Quispe-Agnoli M, Ouyang L, Crosby A.Am J Public Health. 2011 Apr 14. [Epub ahead of print] Objectives. We examined the associations of overall and age-specific suicide rates with business cycles from 1928 to 2007 in the United States. Methods. We conducted a graphical analysis of changes in suicide rates during business […]
McBrearty P.Int Emerg Nurs. 2011 Jan;19(1):20-6. The focus of this research study was to ascertain the impact of crime on individuals, who presented with an injury to the emergency department. Given the high prevalence of crime in our society today, victims of crime are identified as a growing patient population seeking help in emergency departments. […]
Alexander M. Ponizovsky Mental Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel Immigration and Mental Health: Stress, Psychiatric Disorders and Suicidal Behavior Among Immigrants and Refugees. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 350 pages. This chapter describes findings of the Israel National Health Survey (INHS), conducted in 2003-2004 in conjunction with the World Mental Health […]
Sam Chun-Kang(1), Denise Razzouk(1), Jair J. de Mari(1), Itiro Shirakawa(1) and Luiza Beth Alonso(2) 1. Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2. Catholic University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil Immigration and Mental Health: Stress, Psychiatric Disorders and Suicidal Behavior Among Immigrants and Refugees. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 350 pages. Objectives: This […]
Regina Pernice Massey University, New Zealand Immigration and Mental Health: Stress, Psychiatric Disorders and Suicidal Behavior Among Immigrants and Refugees. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 350 pages. This chapter outlines the development of theories and models which explain migrants’ mental health and their successful application in New Zealand. The Social Selection Theory was […]
