Revue Medicale Suisse
Volume 12, Issue 524, 2016, Pages 1238-1240

Psychosomatic posttraumatic resonances in refugees [Résonances post-traumatiques chez les réfugiés : Entre corps, psychisme et culture] (Article)

Ottino S.V.O.*
  • a Service de Psychiatrie de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent, Boulevard de la Cluse 51, Genève, 1205, Switzerland

Abstract

The recent flow of refugees in our countries connects the clinician to new challenges : posttraumatic consequences, exile pathologies, cultural differences. Moreover, the psychic pains express themselves often through the body in more or less qualified ways, making a clear understanding of them difficult. From the therapist's side, the confrontation to war violences and cultural differences might create difficulties in establishing an empathic and fruitful therapeutic alliance.

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Index Keywords

violence Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic case report pain female Psychophysiologic Disorders Humans refugee psychosomatic disorder Article psychology complication human adult Refugees Warfare war

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ISSN: 16609379
Original Language: French