• DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)61027-6
Corpus ID: 23060431

Prevalence of serious mental disorder in 7000 refugees resettled in western countries: a systematic review

@article{Fazel2005PrevalenceOS,
  title={Prevalence of serious mental disorder in 7000 refugees resettled in western countries: a systematic review},
  author={M. Fazel and J. Wheeler and J. Danesh},
  journal={The Lancet},
  year={2005},
  volume={365},
  pages={1309-1314}
}

• M. Fazel, J. Wheeler, J. Danesh
• Published 2005
• Medicine
• The Lancet

BACKGROUND About 13 million people are classified as refugees worldwide, and many more former refugees have been granted citizenship in their new countries. However, the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, or psychotic illnesses in these individuals is not known. We did a systematic review of surveys about these disorders in general refugee populations in western countries. METHODS We searched for psychiatric surveys that were based on interviews of unselected… Expand

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