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The Mandinka Nosological System in the Context of Post-Trauma Syndromes

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ID2394458
AuthorsSteven H Fox (New Mexico Highlands University), Steven Fox (0000-0003-1492-3255, New Mexico Highlands University, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume40
Issue4
Pages488-506
Publication date2003-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTranscultural Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1363-4615 • E-ISSN: 1461-7471
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1363461503404002
PMID14979464
OpenAlexW2134920111
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited33

Preliminary studies of trauma and psychiatric sequelae among West African refugees have revealed the need to develop West African-sensitive assessment instruments. This article addresses the results of the first stage of such a process which involved two focus group discussions with nine traditional Mandinka practitioners. Various dimensions of the diagnoses required to adequately reflect the range of refugee experience are presented. Such dimensions include diagnostic labels, idioms of distress, causes, source, and seriousness. The findings of this pilot study suggest that the impact of trauma such as experienced by refugees is so complex that a unitary diagnostic label is insufficient

Distress · Focus group · Political science · Psychiatry · Refugee · Seriousness · Sociology · Clinical Psychology · Health and Conflict Studies · History · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology

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Citation span2006 - 2021 (16)
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