Psychiatry
Volume 64, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 40-59

Trauma and extended separation from family among Latin American and African refugees in Montreal (Article)

Rousseau C.* , Mekki-Berrada A. , Moreau S.
  • a Psychiatry Department, Montreal Children's Hospital, 4018 St. Catherine Street West, Westmount, Que. H3Z 1P2, Canada
  • b Psychiatry Department, Montreal Children's Hospital, 4018 St. Catherine Street West, Westmount, Que. H3Z 1P2, Canada
  • c Psychiatry Department, Montreal Children's Hospital, 4018 St. Catherine Street West, Westmount, Que. H3Z 1P2, Canada

Abstract

ALTHOUGH the vast majority of refugees have suffered trauma and extended separation from their families in exile, little is known about the interactions between these two types of experience. The qualitative and quantitative analyses of data gathered from 113 refugees from Latin America and Africa suggest that the joint occurrence of trauma and separation has a significant impact on emotional distress and confirm that the family plays a key role as an anchor of emotion and identity.

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Index Keywords

refugee Latin America demography mental health human Refugees Life Change Events middle aged violence Aged social interaction Depressive Disorder ethnology Humans family male Canada female South America Socioeconomic Factors stress Africa Article Family Relations experience emotion major clinical study adult Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Emigration and Immigration Social Adjustment
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0035002893&doi=10.1521%2fpsyc.64.1.40.18238&partnerID=40&md5=81b54ed81836a206e3d8a84e5cc3b278
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.64.1.40.18238
ISSN: 00332747
Cited by: 77
Original Language: English