Psycho
Volume 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-136

Alternatives for suicide? Two case reports of kurdish-turkish female migrants [Alternativen zum suizid? Doppelkasuistik zweier kurdisch-alevitischer frauen] (Article)

Frei A.* , Finzen A. , Hoffmann-Richter U.
  • a Forensische Psychiatrie, Psychiatrische Univ. Klin. Basel, Wilhelm-Klein-Strasse 27, CH-4025 Basel, Switzerland
  • b Forensische Psychiatrie, Psychiatrische Univ. Klin. Basel, Wilhelm-Klein-Strasse 27, CH-4025 Basel, Switzerland
  • c Forensische Psychiatrie, Psychiatrische Univ. Klin. Basel, Wilhelm-Klein-Strasse 27, CH-4025 Basel, Switzerland

Abstract

The increasing migration of people from extraeuropean cultures raises a considerable charge for the public health system in middle-european countries and a challenge fur psychiatry. Two cases of turkish-kurdish female migrants with major psychiatric disorder are presented. Both of them committed suicide in Basel - in spite of proper psychiatric care in a town with excellent psychiatric facilities.

Author Keywords

Alevits Suicide Kurds schizophrenia asylum-seeker

Index Keywords

patient care case report female immigrant mental hospital Treatment Failure Article human Suicide
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ISSN: 03407845
Cited by: 2
Original Language: German