What are the barriers to access to mental healthcare and the primary needs of asylum seekers? A survey of mental health caregivers and primary care workers

Bartolomei, Javier; Baeriswyl-Cottin, Rachel; Framorando, David; Kasina, Filip; Premand, Natacha; Eytan, Ariel; Khazaal, Yasser

doi:10.1186/s12888-016-1048-6

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What are the barriers to access to mental healthcare and the primary needs of asylum seekers? A survey of mental health caregivers and primary care workers

ContributorsBartolomei, Javier; Baeriswyl-Cottin, Rachel; Framorando, David; Kasina, Filip; Premand, Natacha; Eytan, Ariel; Khazaal, Yasser

Published inBMC psychiatry, vol. 16, no. 1, 336

Publication date2016

Abstract

We aimed to assess the opinion of primary care workers, social workers, translators and mental health caregivers who work with asylum seekers about the latter's unmet needs and barriers to access to mental healthcare.

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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de psychiatrie

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BARTOLOMEI, Javier et al. What are the barriers to access to mental healthcare and the primary needs of asylum seekers? A survey of mental health caregivers and primary care workers. In: BMC psychiatry, 2016, vol. 16, n° 1, p. 336. doi: 10.1186/s12888-016-1048-6

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PID : unige:89219
DOI : 10.1186/s12888-016-1048-6
PMID : 27686067

Journal ISSN1471-244X

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What are the barriers to access to mental healthcare and the primary needs of asylum seekers? A survey of mental health caregivers and primary care workers

We aimed to assess the opinion of primary care workers, social workers, translators and mental health caregivers who work with asylum seekers about the latter's unmet needs and barriers to access to mental healthcare.

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