Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy
Volume 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 185-194

The narcissistic injury and psychopathology of migration: The case of a Nicaraguan man (Article)

Gonzalez E.A.* , Natale R.A. , Pimentel C. , Lane R.C.
  • a Univ. of Miami/Jackson Med. Center, Division of Psychology, Mental Health Hosp. Ctr., 1695 NW 9th Ave., Miami, FL 33136, United States
  • b [Affiliation not available]
  • c [Affiliation not available]
  • d [Affiliation not available]

Abstract

Cultural and ethnic issues commonly surface as important therapeutic themes among many minority patients. Identity formation, self-concept, perception, and the effects of migration on the aetiology of psychiatric symptomatology are reviewed. Trauma resulting from migration, stress, and prolonged affect- laden situations in the precipitation and onset of physical disease and illness is discussed. A clinical presentation of a 68-year-old Nicaraguan man is presented to highlight the aforementioned issues, i.e., traumatization, the development of psychopathology, and the onset of physical illness as a result of forced migration.

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Index Keywords

male symptomatology case report stress Aged Nicaragua cultural factor self concept ethnology disease association identity Article narcissism human migration
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DOI: 10.1023/A:1021965017204
ISSN: 00220116
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English