Neuro-Psy News
Volume 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 156-160

Rape as a weapon of war: Clinical outcome and therapy for female migrants in France [Viols de guerre: Conséquences cliniques et thérapeutiques chez les femmes migrantes en France] (Review)

Baubet T.* , Rezzoug D. , Gansou G.M. , Moro M.R.
  • a Service de Psychopathologie de l'Enfant, de l'Adolescent et de Psychiatrie Générale, CHU Avicenne (AP-HP), Bobigny, France, Université Paris-XIII, Médecins Sans Frontières, France
  • b Service de Psychopathologie de l'Enfant, de l'Adolescent et de Psychiatrie Générale, CHU Avicenne (AP-HP), Bobigny, France, Université Paris-XIII, Médecins Sans Frontières, France
  • c Centre National Hospitalier et Universitaire Hubert Koutoukou Maga (CNHU-HKM), Cotonou, Benin, Médecins Sans Frontières, France
  • d Service de Psychopathologie de l'Enfant, de l'Adolescent et de Psychiatrie Générale, CHU Avicenne (AP-HP), Bobigny, France, Université Paris-XIII, Médecins Sans Frontières, France

Abstract

Rape is widely used against the civil population as a weapon of war. Evidence collected by NGOs and a few epidemiological studies show how frequent it is and the severity of its consequences. In France, women who have fallen victim to this form of violence suffer three types of traumas : the pre-migration trauma, the trauma of exile and the trauma linked to the conditions of reception in the country of refuge. The severity of these traumas, the way they intermingle together and the added role of transcultural factors imply a complex approach in terms of diagnosis as well as care.

Author Keywords

Complex post-traumatic stress disorder Rape Transcultural psychiatry War trauma

Index Keywords

violence war Review injury refugee France human Women's Rights migration Rape
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-35648991442&partnerID=40&md5=c28b1a02a956874f7c72dee9c2fa6169
ISSN: 16335767
Original Language: French