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Cruelty, culture, and coping: Comment on the Westermeyer paper
Author(s) -
Ochberg Frank M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.2490020413
Subject(s) - cruelty , refugee , coping (psychology) , psychology , poison control , clinical psychology , psychiatry , criminology , medicine , medical emergency , history , archaeology
Refugee trauma, as described by Joseph Westermeyer, M.D., is compared and contrasted with traumatization and victimization. Exposure to cruelty complicates the recovery process. Clinicians who treat Vietnam veterans are good candidates for training programs in cross‐cultural care of Asian refugees.