Cultural attitudes and stresses of past and present changes in environment and life style affect treatment of the Indochinese refugee patient. Specific appraoches to diagnosis and treatment are based on understanding the patients and conveyed to the psychiatrist through trained indigenous interpreters.

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cultural anthropology central nervous system Allied Health Personnel lifestyle human Refugees Stress, Psychological geographic distribution Mental Disorders psychotherapy United States family male case report female stress Countertransference (Psychology) therapy adult ethnic or racial aspects Cultural Characteristics Asia, Southeastern