title: [Psychiatric care for asylum seekers in Geneva: a multidisciplinary approach for individualized care].
abstract: Asylum seekers constitute a vulnerable population insofar as they are submitted to numerous stress factors which facilitate the emergence of mental disorders, such as low socio-economic status, forced separation from loved ones and exposure to violence. Asylum seekers who consult at our community psychiatry facility usually have short-term residence permits, live in collective housing and do not speak the local language. The most frequent diagnoses are depressive disorder (64.7%) and post-traumatic stress disorder (34.5%). Due to their specific clinical and social situation and to the involvement of several professionals in these situations, a specialized psychiatric intervention coordinated with the rest of the network seems necessary.
authors.affiliation: Centre Ambutlatoire de Psychiatrie et de Psychothérapie, Département de Santé Mentale et de Psychiatrie, HUG, Genève. natacha.premand@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Premand
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baeriswyl-Cottin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gex-Fabry
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Coraboeuf
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Giannakopoulos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eytan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bartolomei
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013557:Switzerland; D035862:Vulnerable Populations; D055815:Young Adult