Psychiatric Symptoms in Refugee Families from South East Asia: Therapeutic Challenges
- 1 April 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Vol. 43 (2) , 218-228
- https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.218
Abstract
South East Asian refugees refuse mental health services until behavior is quite extreme. This reflects their attitude to mental illness. Refugees suffer from depression and posttraumatic stress disorder especially when separated from their families and their ethnic group. Two case examples are given.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Psychological Adaptation of Vietnamese Refugees in CanadaCanadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 1982