Which Language Does PTSD Speak? The “Westernization” of Mr. Sánchez

Joyce, Patricia A.; Berger, Roni

doi:10.1300/j189v05n04_03

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“…Despite experiencing significant traumatic events such as war and the stresses of resettlement, young refugees reported adaptive reference to other coping strategies such as referring to their faith, seeking to belong, and asking for help when faced with interpersonal conflicts. Such findings challenge stereotypes of young refugees as passive victims of post‐traumatic stress disorder (Joyce & Berger, ), as well as support ecological developmental perspectives on how multiple factors are likely to contribute to relationships between trauma, development, mental health, coping, and interpersonal functioning. By focusing too strongly on the association between trauma and mental health problems, practitioners are likely to miss important information relating to individuals and their resourcefulness.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 56%

How Young Refugees Cope with Conflict in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Urban Schools

Cameron

Frydenberg

Jackson

2018

Australian Psychologist

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Objective This study compared how young people from diverse migration backgrounds (refugee, immigrant, and local) cope with interpersonal conflicts with an aim to understand how practitioners can most effectively support young people of different backgrounds. Productive, non‐productive, and reference to other coping styles were expected to differ according to students’ age, exposure to trauma, and migration backgrounds. Methods Mixed methods were used to explore the meaning of conflict within culturally and linguistically diverse school settings, and investigate how social factors influenced students’ preferred coping styles in relation to conflict. Eighty students attending mainstream and specialist language schools in Melbourne completed measures regarding their exposure to traumatic events and preferred coping styles when dealing with conflicts. Results Significant positive correlations were found between exposure to trauma and age, as well as exposure to trauma and the use of non‐productive coping across the sample. Analyses on traumatic event items revealed that young refugees, compared to immigrant or locals, were more likely to have been exposed to events such as sudden death of a person, fire, or war zones. Conclusions Findings suggested practitioners must consider how multiple factors such trauma, social environment, and everyday stressors influence how young people cope with conflict. Universal interventions with a problem‐solving and coping framework are likely to be beneficial to those students exposed to trauma and whole school communities.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 56%

How Young Refugees Cope with Conflict in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Urban Schools

Cameron

Frydenberg

Jackson

2018

Australian Psychologist

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“…Cultural differences between clients and clinicians can impact assessment, because culture influences concepts of mental illness and symptom manifestation [14]. Since the studies herein utilized PTSD measures predominately based on the conceptual criteria outlined in the then current version of the DSM, it is possible that impairment or culturally-related symptom experience was not adequately captured.…”

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confidence: 99%

Latino Veterans with PTSD: A Systematic Review

Pittman

2014

Behavioral Sciences

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Latinos have a long history of military service with recent service including combat conditions and multiple deployments, which are highly associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Clinical acumen underscores the importance of culture in assessment and treatment, but there has been little scientific literature that investigates the unique needs of veteran Latinos with PTSD. The primary goal of this systematic review was to analyze the existing literature on Latino veterans with PTSD and to critically evaluate attention to cultural issues. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses were used to guide this review. Peer-reviewed, research reports written in English on Latino Veterans with PTSD since 1980 were included; 20 were assessment related, and nine were treatment related. All studies were quantitative. Only 13 studies mentioned culture as part of the context for Latino veterans, and only seven included cultural factors as part of the study design. Present findings highlight a lack of research focused on understanding cultural factors related to the assessment and treatment of Latino veterans with PTSD. Culturally-informed research on Latino veterans from current wars, Latina veterans and Latino veteran treatment outcomes are necessary to provide culturally-appropriate care to this growing veteran subgroup.

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“…These findings are consistent with the complexity revealed in previous studies, which focused on couples living in different types of stress situations, showing that stress might have a varying impact on couple relationships. In general, most studies found that stress harms couple relationships but other studies found that stress might strengthen these relationships (Allen, Rhoades, Stanley and Markman, ; Lavee, McCubbin and Olson, ; Riggs, Bryne, Weathers and Brett, ).The findings of the current study complicate this picture even further by showing that positive and negative implications of war are not necessarily exclusive outcomes of stress, but can exist together, resembling the relationships between PTSD and PTG, which are positively correlated (Hall et al, ; Joyce and Berger, ). The practical implication of these results is crucial, as therapists will encounter couples from two contradictory positions.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 58%

Living in the line of fire: the impact of the exposure to warfare on couple relationships

Skrzypek

Enosh

Machmali-Kievitz

et al. 2017

Journal of Family Therapy

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The study explored how civilians living in the line of fire perceived the impact of the exposure to war on their relationships. Couple resilience and loss and gain of couple resources were hypothesized to mediate between the level of exposure and couple relationships. Data were collected from sixty‐one individuals living in Israel close to the border with the Gaza Strip and 121 individuals living some distance from the border. No differences were found between the groups on couple relationships. However, the high exposure group reported significantly higher negative and positive implications of the security situation for couple relationships. Recommendations for couple and systemic intervention focused on the positive impacts for couples and on a broader macro‐level approach, through group work with couples and training medical and education workers. Practitioner points Many therapists working with populations in war situations tend to focus on the painful and stressful aspects, emphasizing traumatic symptoms and their impact on relationships This study shows that stress created by exposure to war might also enrich some aspects of couple relationships This enrichment, such as in the ability to communicate, to share, and to reach agreement and trust, should be taken into consideration when planning and implementing therapy

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Which Language Does PTSD Speak? The “Westernization” of Mr. Sánchez

Cited by 12 publications

References 39 publications

How Young Refugees Cope with Conflict in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Urban Schools

How Young Refugees Cope with Conflict in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Urban Schools

Latino Veterans with PTSD: A Systematic Review

Living in the line of fire: the impact of the exposure to warfare on couple relationships

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