title: Somatic-focused therapy for traumatized refugees: Treating posttraumatic stress disorder and comorbid neck-focused panic attacks among cambodian refugees.
abstract: The authors outline six steps to develop culturally sensitive treatment for traumatized refugees, which focus on somatic symptoms. Among Cambodian refugees with posttraumatic stress disorder, the authors describe a somatic presentation (viz., neck-focused panic attacks) that forms a key aspect of trauma-related disorder, how those panic attacks are generated, and a treatment that specifically targets those panic attacks. Evidence of treatment efficacy is provided through a multiple-baseline, across-subjects design (N = 3), and one treatment case is described to illustrate clinical presentation and treatment. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
authors: Devon E
authors: DE
authors: Hinton
authors: Vuth
authors: V
authors: Pich
authors: Dara
authors: D
authors: Chhean
authors: Steven A
authors: SA
authors: Safren
authors: Mark H
authors: MH
authors: Pollack