Specific Populations and Trauma Types: Refugees, Asylum Seekers and PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) | NLM

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Specific Populations and Trauma Types: Refugees, Asylum Seekers and PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)

03/01/2019 12:00 AM EST

Source: Phoenix Australia - Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health. Published: 3/2019. This nine-page information sheet addresses background issues and provides post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) presentation, assessment, and treatment recommendations for practitioners working with refugees and asylum seekers. Practitioners working with refugees and asylum seekers need to be aware of their own ethnocentricity, need to be culturally skilled and informed, and need to be open to different cultural perspectives on psychological problems. (PDF)