Mental health among torture survivors : cultural background, refugee status and gender
This study addresses the role of cultural background for the occurrence of PTSD, depression and anxiety among torture survivors.
Mental health among torture survivors : cultural
background, refugee status and gender / Schubert, Carla
C.; Punamäki, Raija-Leena.
Nordic journal of psychiatry ; vol. 65, no. 3, 2011. - p.
175-182
Seventy-eight torture survivors from Middle East, Central
Africa, Southern Asia and South East Europe, who sought help in a
Finnish centre, were interviewed and assessed using Impact of Event
Scale-R and HSCL-25. Results showed that PTSD occurred more
frequently among Southern Europe torture survivors compared to
those from more collective cultures in the Middle East, Asia and
Africa. While the study material is small, the paper contributes to
the important question of cross-cultural differences in the
manifestation of health consequences of torture.
By JMO,
RCT
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