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Hajo B. P. E. Gernaat
Publications - 8
Citations - 1073
Hajo B. P. E. Gernaat is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Psychopathology & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 5 publications receiving 955 citations.
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Impact of a long asylum procedure on the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in Iraqi asylum seekers in The Netherlands.
Cornelis J. Laban,Hajo B. P. E. Gernaat,Ivan H. Komproe,Bettine A. Schreuders,Joop T. V. M. de Jong +4 more
TL;DR: The conclusion is that the duration of the asylum procedure is an important risk factor for psychiatric problems and politicians and mental health workers should take note of this finding.
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Postmigration living problems and common psychiatric disorders in Iraqi asylum seekers in the Netherlands.
Cornelis J. Laban,Hajo B. P. E. Gernaat,Ivan H. Komproe,Ingeborg van der Tweel,Joop T. V. M. de Jong +4 more
TL;DR: Mental health workers should recognize the impact of postmigration living problems and consider focusing their treatment on coping with these problems instead of traumas from the past, and appeal to governments to shorten the asylum procedures, allow asylum seekers to work, and give preference to family reunion.
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The impact of a long asylum procedure on quality of life, disability and physical health in Iraqi asylum seekers in the Netherlands
Cornelis J. Laban,Ivan H. Komproe,Hajo B. P. E. Gernaat,Joop T. V. M. de Jong,Joop T. V. M. de Jong +4 more
TL;DR: A long asylum procedure has a negative impact on the overall health situation and the quality of life (QoL) of asylum seekers and interferes with the integration process in the Netherlands or elsewhere.
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Dissociative Symptoms and Reported Trauma Among Patients with Spirit Possession and Matched Healthy Controls in Uganda
Marjolein van Duijl,Ellert Nijenhuis,Ivan H. Komproe,Hajo B. P. E. Gernaat,Joop T. V. M. de Jong,Joop T. V. M. de Jong +5 more
TL;DR: In conclusion, spirit possession deserves more interest as a possible idiom of distress and a culture-specific expression of dissociation related to potential traumatizing events.
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Prevalence and predictors of health service use among Iraqi asylum seekers in the Netherlands
Cornelis J. Laban,Hajo B. P. E. Gernaat,Ivan H. Komproe,Joop T. V. M. de Jong,Joop T. V. M. de Jong +4 more
TL;DR: A long asylum procedure is not associated with higher service use, except for mental health service use and drug use, and low quality of perceived general health and functional disability are the most important predictors of services use.