Abstract
Ethnic minorities form groups at risk for developing PTSD (Norris et al., 2002; Drogendijk et al., 2003) with prevalences varying from 20% for labor migrants (Lindert, Ehrenstein, Priebe, Mielck & Bra¨hler, 2009) to more than 40% for refugees and asylum seekers (Fazal, Wheeler & Danesh, 2005; Toar et al., 2009). Post traumatic symptoms may differ extensively between western and non-western groups with somatic complaints, hostility, and embitterment being more prominently articulated among migrants and refugee groups. The so-called ‘ condicio´n migrante’ may account for much of the variability in symptom presentation and PTSD development.
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 41 |
Journal | European Journal of Psychotraumatology |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |