Addictive Disorders and their Treatment
Volume 18, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 121-133

Shelter from the storm: Psychiatric diagnosis and treatment of the refugee patient (Article)

Rothe E.M.* , Pumariega A.J. , Mihajlovic A.S. , May C. , Ruiz P. , Perras N.
  • a Psychiatry and Public Health, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, United States
  • b Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Florida College of Medicine and UF Health, Gainesville, FL, United States
  • c Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Chicago, IL, United States
  • d Department of Psychiatry, George Washington University, School of Medicine and Life Sciences, United States
  • e Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
  • f Department of Psychiatry, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, United States

Abstract

In the last 3 years the numbers of forcibly displaced people around the world has reached a record high. Experiences of war, persecution, violence, torture, participating in the killing of others, disruptions of attachments, and emotional losses increase the risk for psychological distress and may contribute to the risk of developing psychiatric and substance abuse disorders. The authors review the existing psychiatric literature on refugees, discuss the sociological reasons that explain the recent crisis, describe the psychiatric consequences, the risk factors and protective factors of the refugee experience, narrate the current conditions in refugee camps located in Greece and discuss the most up-to-date treatment modalities and preventive interventions to treat this patient population. © 2019 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

psychiatric treatment adults Psychiatric diagnosis Children Refugees Adolescents trauma

Index Keywords

flight refugee Iraqi mass screening human protection Illinois priority journal health status psychiatric diagnosis mental health care mental disease Adolescent risk factor Greece refugee camp Article psychiatric treatment adult health care access Child
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85062178689&doi=10.1097%2fADT.0000000000000164&partnerID=40&md5=becc3b805b22fa1250616939840f1d8a
DOI: 10.1097/ADT.0000000000000164
ISSN: 15315754
Original Language: English