Journal of Traumatic Stress
Volume 2, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 185-198

Post-traumatic psychosis among Cambodian refugees (Article)

Kinzie J.D.* , Boehnlein J.J.
  • a Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health Sciences University, 3181 S.W. Sam jackson Park Road, Portland, 97201, Oregon, United States
  • b Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health Sciences University, 3181 S.W. Sam jackson Park Road, Portland, 97201, Oregon, United States

Abstract

Of 100 consecutive Cambodian patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), seven had severe persistent psychotic symptoms. Those with psychosis did not differ demographically or in severity of trauma from those without psychosis. The behavior of these seven patients was disruptive to their families; all required hospitalizations and were difficult to treat. This report as well as other clinical literature indicate that psychosis, usually associated with PTSD, is an infrequent but definite occurrence after massive psychological trauma. © 1989 Plenum Publishing Corporation.

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Psychosis Cambodian psychological trauma

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DOI: 10.1007/BF00974158
ISSN: 08949867
Cited by: 35
Original Language: English