title: Treatment of drug addiction in traumatised refugees. A case report.
abstract: The comorbidity of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and drug addiction is quite often overlooked in refugees. However, the simultaneous treatment of both disorders is of elemental importance for a positive outcome in addicted and traumatised refugees. Furthermore, mutual misinterpretations of habits, behaviours and reactions through negligence of the distinct sociocultural context of patient and clinician often leads to unfavourable developments. These observations are exemplified in this case report.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brune
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Haasen
authors.forename: Oktay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yagdiran
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bustos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012036:Refugees; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000150:complications*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000534:rehabilitation*