A mental health survey of the Vietnamese refugee in Japan.
A mental health survey was conducted using the Cornell Medical Index (CMI) on Vietnamese refugees who have resettled in Japan. 64.5% of the females and 37.2% of the males displayed emotional disturbance. The refugees with life-threatening and/or concentration camp experience had significantly higher CMI scores than those without it (t test, P less than 0.05). CMI scores of the group residing in Japan for 4-5 years are markedly lower than the group residing there for 2-3 years (F test, P less than 0.05).
Ebata
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Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, Japan.
Miyake
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D000069:Acculturation; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003209:Concentration Camps; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology*; D014744:Vietnam / Q000208:ethnology