Suicide Among Refugees--A Mockery of Humanity.

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Suicide Among Refugees – A Mockery of HumanityLakshmi VijayakumarLakshmi VijayakumarSNEHA Suicide Prevention Centre, Voluntary Health Services, Chennai, IndiaSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:April 01, 2016https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000385PDFView Full Text ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInReddit SectionsMoreReferencesAl-Modallal, H. (2012). Patterns of coping with partner violence: Experiences of refugee women in Jordan. Public Health Nursing, 29(5), 403–411. First citation in articleCrossref Medline, Google ScholarBhugra, D. (2005). Cultural identities and cultural congruency: A new model for evaluating mental distress in immigrants. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 111(2), 84–93. First citation in articleCrossref Medline, Google ScholarCarta, M. G., Bernal, M., Hardoy, M. C., & Haro-Abad, J. M. (2005). 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