Lakartidningen
1998, Pages 1415-1422

Raumatic stress in adult refugees; when ill-health speaks broken Swedish [När ohälsan tiger still-eller talar brüten Svenska] (Article)

Söndergaard H.P.* , Ekblad S.
  • a Ctr. for Tortyr- och Traumaskadade, Stockholm, Sweden, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Ctr. For Tortyr- Och Traumaskadade, Karolinska vägen 12, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
  • b Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Inst. for Psykosocial Miljomedicin, Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract

It is well established that a significant proportion of refugees in Sweden have had traumatic experiences prior to immigration, causing mental and psychosomatic disorders. The actual frequency is difficult to assess because of methodological problems. Of refugees resettled in Stockholm county in 1996, 13 per cent were immediately referred to specialised trauma centres, thus comprising half of all referrals. Moreover, it has to be borne in mind that underdiagnosis is common in clinical practice. In the article, the relevance of accessible data, the clinical picture and epidemiological issues are discussed with regard to the refugee population.

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Index Keywords

Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic research Psychophysiologic Disorders Sweden Humans refugee psychosomatic disorder ethnology psychological aspect Communication Article interpersonal communication human adult Refugees Torture posttraumatic stress disorder
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ISSN: 00237205
Cited by: 8
Original Language: Swedish