MMW-Fortschritte der Medizin
Volume 149, Issue 42, 2007, Pages 41-43

Psychiatric evaluation of immigrants [Schwieriges terrain für die medizinische begutachtung] (Short Survey)

Machleidt W. , Calliess I.T. , Ziegenbein M.*
  • a [Affiliation not available]
  • b Abt. Sozialpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany
  • c Abt. Sozialpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany, Abt. Sozialpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, OE 7120, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany

Abstract

The psychiatric evaluation of immigrants presents a particular challenge in the medical assessment process. Knowledge of cultural aspects of the aetiology, epidemiology and manifestation as well as the treatment of mental disorders is not only an important facet in daily psychiatric work with immigrants, it is also important for the assessment process itself.

Author Keywords

psychiatric evaluation immigrants Centre of excellence Standards

Index Keywords

Short Survey medical assessment immigrant Culture Germany Diagnosis, Differential human Refugees violence diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders mental health care Mental Disorders Expert Testimony cultural sensitivity mental disease Humans Cross-Cultural Comparison Interviews as Topic Emigrants and Immigrants social psychiatry cultural factor Questionnaires posttraumatic stress disorder Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Torture health care delivery
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ISSN: 14383276
Original Language: German