Psychiatric symptoms in refugee families from South East Asia: therapeutic challenges.
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.
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Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D014481:United States; D014744:Vietnam / Q000208:ethnology