Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
Volume 172, Issue 8, 1984, Pages 495-497

Acute paranoid disorder in a southeast Asian refugee (Article)

Jack R.A. , Nicassio P.M.* , Scott West W.
  • a Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, United States
  • b Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, United States
  • c Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, United States

Abstract

The clinical course of a 23-year-old male Vietnamese refugee who was seen for psychiatric evaluation and treatment after a self-inflicted abdominal stab wound is described. His attempted suicide was precipitated by a rejection of his romantic advances by an American woman and teasing by fellow co-workers that he was a Communist spy. Central to the development of paranoid delusions in this patient was the fact that he had been a member of the Communist forces in Cambodia and feared deportation. Emigration and acculturative stressors were seen as contributing significantly to this patient’s paranoid disorder. © 1984 by The Williams & Wilkins Co.

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Index Keywords

male Stress, Psychological case report Acculturation central nervous system acute disease Vietnam Suicide, Attempted Paranoid Disorders cultural anthropology refugee injury United States paranoia human adult Refugees suicide attempt
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DOI: 10.1097/00005053-198408000-00009
ISSN: 00223018
Cited by: 4
Original Language: English