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Comment on Dr. Westermeyer's paper
Author(s) -
Athey Jean Garrison
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.2490020414
Subject(s) - refugee , mental health , psychology , public health , psychotherapist , psychiatry , criminology , medicine , nursing , political science , law
This commentary on Dr. Westermeyer's paper emphasizes and further explicates several issues which are raised in the original paper. Problems of diagnosis and treatment of PTSD among refugee groups are discussed, as is the need for cross‐cultural training of mental health specialists. The lack of attention to the needs of child refugees in services, training, and research is pointed out.