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. 2001 Mar 3;322(7285):544-7.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.544.

Health needs of asylum seekers and refugees

A Burnett  1 , M Peel
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Health needs of asylum seekers and refugees

A Burnett et al. BMJ. .

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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] BMJ. 2016 Jul 20;354:i4050. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i4050. BMJ. 2016. PMID: 27439513 No abstract available.
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Mental health projects for refugees, such as this one in east London, help reduce social isolation and stress
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Disentangling the web of history, symptoms, and coping mechanisms often requires several sessions
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