Nervenheilkunde
Volume 35, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 603-605

Is psychotherapeutic treatment of migrants a question of attitude? [Ist psychotherapie bei migranten eine frage der haltung?] (Article)

Höna L. , Grön G. , Tumani V.*
  • a Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie III, Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Leimgrubenweg 12, Ulm, 89075, Germany
  • b Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie III, Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Leimgrubenweg 12, Ulm, 89075, Germany
  • c Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie III, Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Leimgrubenweg 12, Ulm, 89075, Germany

Abstract

The psychotherapeutic treatment of migrants is associated with difficulties due to migrationspecific cultural, linguistic and health structural aspects. Using an anonymised self-assessment questionnaire performed at two timepoints, the estimation of German speaking psychotherapist was examined with regard to psychotherapeutic treatment of people from other cultures. Between the questionnaires a training was conducted as part of a block seminar. The seminar focused on the teaching of basic knowledge of intercultural competence as recommended in the guidelines of the EPA and WPA. It turned out that the teaching and training of intercultural competence was able to alter the assessment of the panelists for the treatment possibilities of migrants significantly. © Schattauer 2016.

Author Keywords

Migrants Refugees Psychotherapy Culture sensitive Intercultural competence

Index Keywords

self evaluation refugee questionnaire Article psychotherapist speech psychotherapy practice guideline teaching human human experiment
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84984808093&partnerID=40&md5=3a291c8b5c9d8042749db7fa930b78e2
ISSN: 07221541
Original Language: German