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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794036303321

Titolo

The psychiatric evaluation and treatment of refugees / / edited by J. David Kinzie, George A. Keepers [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : American Psychiatric Association Publishing, , 2020

ISBN

1-61537-309-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

616.890086/912

Soggetti

Refugees - Psychology

Emigration and immigration - Psychological aspects

Interviewing in psychiatry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Overview of Cultural and Diagnostic Issues / James Boehnlein -- Diagnosis and Treatment / J. David Kinzie -- Psychological Treatment : narrative exposure therapy / Linda Piwowarczyk, Dhanviney Verma -- Psychotherapy for Postmigration Stress / J. David Kinzie -- Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology / J. David Kinzie -- The Oregon Model : the intercultural psychiatric program / J. David Kinzie -- Children and Adolescents / Keith Cheng, Paria Zarrinnegar -- Asylum Seekers / Mark Kinzie -- Geriatric Psychiatric Problems Among Refugees / Paul Leung, J. David Kinzie -- Contemporary Refugee Crisis at the United States-Mexican Border / Bernardo Ng, Erike Apolinar, Mario A. Martinez -- Training Residents to Treat Refugees / James Griffith, Sara Teichholtz -- Ethical Challenges Confronting Psychiatrists in the Field of Refugee Mental Health / Derrick Silove -- Overview, Perspectives, and Research Needs / George A. Keepers.

Sommario/riassunto

"The Psychiatric Evaluation and Treatment of Refugees is a cutting-edge volume of contributions that help mental health professionals better understand the outcomes and solutions for the complicated mix of trauma and immigration with culture and worldview found in the treatment of refugee patients. Written by experts in cross-cultural psychiatry, the book holds a balance between up-to-date science and the collective experiential wisdom of the Intercultural Psychiatric



Program at the Oregon Health & Science University, providing a key reference for psychiatrists and other mental health professionals working in cross-cultural trauma. The editors and authors of this volume have contributed to an understanding of the blend of necessary science/evidence and compassion that gives mental health providers insight as to how to understand and treat these often traumatized patients"--