Refugee families have psychological strengths
- 15 August 1998
- Vol. 317 (7156) , 475
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.317.7156.475
Abstract
EDITOR—As a child psychiatrist who grew up in a refugee family I take issue with Hodes's editorial about refugee children.1 It views refugees and their experiences through the eyes of a Western psychiatrist. This, unfortunately, means that the picture of illness and disorder portrayed puts an emphasis on Western notions of psychopathology; this gives the impression that there is much serious …Keywords
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- Refugee childrenBMJ, 1998