Prevalence of psychiatric diagnoses in asylum seekers with follow-up

Abstract Background In the study, the frequency and nature of asylum seekers’ psychiatric diagnoses in a German admission center were examined. Additional aims were to identify changes in those diagnoses over time and to investigate health care utilization of mentally ill asylum seekers in the commu...

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Main Authors: Kneginja Richter, Lukas Peter, Hartmut Lehfeld, Harald Zäske, Salina Brar-Reissinger, Günter Niklewski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-018-1783-y