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Cambodian Refugee Adolescents: Cultural Factors and Mental Health Nursing
Author(s) -
Frye Barbara A.,
McGill Deborah
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.1993.tb00177.x
Subject(s) - refugee , mental health , mental health nursing , nursing , psychology , transcultural nursing , medicine , clinical psychology , psychiatry , political science , health care , law
Cambodian adolescents in America are a high‐risk group for physical, psychosomatic, and drug‐related problems. Communication with the Cambodian community is a challenge to mental health nurses due to fundamental differences in American and Cambodian perceptions about parental roles and causation and treatment of illness. The authors focus on the Cambodian cultural theme of equilibrium in treatment of illness, management of stress, and patterns of parenting. Conflicts faced by Cambodian adolescents and nursing intervention strategies are identified.