Relating with migrants: ethnopsychiatry and psychotherapy.
After an historical review of cultural anthropology, transcultural psychiatry and ethno psychiatry, we will examine the literature on intervention with migrants within mental health system. In the first part, we will consider the therapeutic relationship with Arab-Muslim patients and look at specific issues such as gender differences, individualism, sociality, stigma, religion. The second part will be focused on cultural mediation, migration and family intervention and post-traumatic stress disorder and, finally, the experience of being a foreign therapist. Conclusions will discuss the importance of culture, individuality and universality of human suffering, when treating a foreign patient.
Istituto di Psichiatria e Psicologia Clinica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. emanuele.caroppo@unicatt.it
Emanuele
E
Caroppo
Cristian
C
Muscelli
Patrizia
P
Brogna
Marta
M
Paci
Clara
C
Camerino
Pietro
P
Bria
D018912:Arabs; D003469:Culture; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005190:Family; D005196:Family Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam; D011570:Psychiatry; D011613:Psychotherapy; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*