The association of acculturation and depressive and anxiety symptoms in immigrant chronic dialysis patients

Among immigrant chronic dialysis patients depressive and anxiety symptoms are common. We aimed to examine the association of acculturation, i.e. the adaptation of immigrants to a new cultural context, and depressive and anxiety symptoms in immigrant chronic dialysis patients.

Source: General Hospital Psychiatry - September 15, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gertrud L.G. Haverkamp, Wim L. Loosman, Tessa O. van den Beukel, Tiny Hoekstra, Friedo W. Dekker, Prataap K. Chandie Shaw, Yves F.C. Smets, Louis-Jean Vleming, Pieter M. Ter Wee, Adriaan Honig, Carl E.H. Siegert Source Type: research