Clinical Diagnosis of Traumatised Immigrants

Özkan, İbrahim; Belz, Maria

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-17335-1_7

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“…Patients then followed the commonly used, more detailed assessment procedure in the clinic, which is described in this study. The assessments were conducted by five psychologists who were experienced in transcultural diagnostics (for an overview, see Özkan & Belz, 2015) and treatment was supervised constantly by a transcultural trauma therapist with more than 20 years of experience in psychiatry.…”

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Posttraumatic stress disorder and comorbid depression among refugees: Assessment of a sample from a German refugee reception center

Belz

Özkan

et al. 2017

Transcult Psychiatry

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In 2015, a large number of refugees arrived in Germany, mostly driven to emigrate by devastating circumstances in their countries of origin. Arriving refugees are distributed to reception centers within the German federal states, frequently facing marginal conditions in terms of overcrowding or waiting time of several months until their application for asylum is processed. Most of these refugees underwent numerous traumatizing experiences-both in their country of origin and while fleeing from their country of origin. Furthermore, they faced and will likely continue to face various access barriers to mental health care. In this study, we assessed a sample of 85 refugees from a reception center in Germany selected due to their observed psychological strain. Results showed that the majority suffered from posttraumatic stress disorder, mostly with symptoms of intrusion, hyperarousal, avoidance, and dissociation. Most refugees also suffered from comorbid depression. We discuss implications of these findings for reception services and the need for more preventive psychiatric care.

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confidence: 99%