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Relationship between traumatic events, somatization, psychological distress, and quality of life in female refugees in Germany

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ID15518602
AuthorsJenny Jesuthasan (St. Hedwig-Krankenhaus, corresponding author), James K Moran (St. Hedwig-Krankenhaus), Eva Janina Döring‐Brandl (St. Hedwig-Krankenhaus), Ingar Abels (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin), Christine Kurmeyer (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin), Annabelle Starck (Goethe University Frankfurt), Ulrich Stangier (0000-0002-1945-1704, Goethe University Frankfurt), Jana Gutermann (0000-0002-0767-2075, Goethe University Frankfurt), Ulrike Zier (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz), Anja Wollny (0000-0001-5493-451X, University of Rostock), Antje Krüger (University of Rostock), Kneginja Richter (0000-0003-0396-9530, Nuremberg Hospital), Sabine Oertelt-Prigione (0000-0003-3856-3864, Radboud University Nijmegen), Meryam Schouler‐Ocak (0000-0002-1846-3500, St. Hedwig-Krankenhaus)
Year2025
Volume16
Pages1627665-1627665
Publication date2025-11-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640
PublisherFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1627665
PMID41383991
OpenAlexW4416724527
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited28

Our findings suggest that future research and treatment of female refugees should focus on the role of somatization. Clinical assessments should be broadened with culturally sensitive tools to encompass both somatic and psychological dimensions of distress

Culturally sensitive · Depression (economics · Focus (optics · Focus group · Quality of life (healthcare · Refugee · Migration, Health and Trauma · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

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