1. Deljo25
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9 |
Late 1990s |
Case study of a refugee who had to deal with the legal justice system in Australia, to present how police conduct can adversely affect the mental health of a traumatised refugee. |
Ali, around 30y, male, from the Horn of Africa, a devout Muslim, with his wife and 3 children, tortured in his country and in the first asylum country, was now unable to work due to mental health problems. |
Horn of Africa – a neighbouring country (when he was 18y and where he spent 9 years) – Australia (in the early 1990s) |
2. Becker et al.4
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9 |
Before 2000 |
Ethnographic study to explore how Cambodian refugees with chronic illnesses respond to the welfare reform, cutting government support, usually the only income they have to live in the USA. |
Mr. K, 58y, Khmer, male, married, with children (only one living with them), was a teacher in Cambodia and now his only income is from Supplemental Social Assistance (SSI). |
Cambodia – Refugee camp – USA (in the early 1980s) |
3. Rechtman26
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9 |
Before September, 2000 |
Clinical case study to highlight the importance of focusing on the singular experience of the individual presenting mental health symptoms, rather than taking only the cultural explanation for interpreting it. |
Miss V, Khmer female, 22y, living with her father, stepmother and three half-siblings. She was helping at home and working for free with her father. |
Cambodia – Paris, France (when 22 years old/before year 2000) |
4. Fitzpatrick6
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9 |
1998 |
Case study with Bosnian refugees to assess the use of art therapy as a mental health intervention with refugees. |
Nina, 38y, Bosnian female, married with two children. She was a bank manager in Bosnia. |
Bosnia – Perth, Western Australia (15 months before 1998) |
5. Summerfield27
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7.5 |
May, 1997 to September, 2000 |
Clinical case study that illustrates the lack of validity of psychiatric diagnoses to understand the effects of surviving war and ethnic expulsion. |
Samir, male, 45y, married, with an 8y daughter, a truck driver for family business in home country, assaulted but not seriously injured. |
Zvornik, Bosnia – Refugee camp – London, UK (1996) |
6. Phan et al.5
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7 |
2004 |
Review historical influences on the identity development of Vietnamese refugee women and how it affects their resilience and coping mechanisms. A clinical case is presented to illustrate it. |
Thuy, 32y, Vietnamese female, single, with parents and 7 siblings. Social worker. |
Saigon, Vietnam – USA (26th of April, 1975) |
7. Hrycak and Jakubec28
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7 |
Before June, 2006 and after the 1990s |
Case analysis of a refugee woman to highlight the importance of listening to every personal history to improve access to and experience with health care. |
Elena, female, middle-aged, married, with two young adult children, suffered torture and rape. |
Latin America country – neighbouring country – Canada (1990s) |
8. Grønseth29
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9 |
Between 1996 and 2000 |
Investigate how health and sickness are related to cultural values and social life of Tamil refugees in a fishing village in Norway. |
Raji, Tamil female, married with two children, working as a cutter in the fishing industry. |
Sri-Lanka – Arctic Harbour, Northern Norway (before 1996) |
9. Schulz et al.14
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9 |
2000 (for 9 months) |
Case study demonstrating the course of cognitive-behavioural therapy for PTSD with a Bosnian refugee woman who had suffered rape. |
Marina, 64y, Bosnian Muslim refugee woman, living alone, raped and physically assaulted in her country, never attended school but acquired some literacy in Serbo-Croatian. |
Former Yugoslavia (current Bosnia) – Germany (1999, following a refugee rescue mission) – St. Louis, USA (1999) |
10. Rosenbaum and Varvin15
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9 |
Before 2007, started when the patient was in his mid-thirties and lasted for 6 years |
Case study and psychoanalytic research to present how traumatic experiences affect different dimensions of mind and its ability to regulate emotions. |
Hassan, male, from Middle-East, in his mid-thirties at the beginning of treatment, alone, living in a hostel. In his country, he was from a minority group and was the designated leader of his clan, tortured and imprisoned. |
A Middle-East country – a desert refugee camp in a neighbouring country (when he was in his twenties and where he spent 4 years) – a Nordic country (in his thirties) |
11. Hinton et al.30
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8 |
From 1999 to 2001 |
Compare the rate and severity of orthostatic panic attacks among Vietnamese refugees a month before and a month after September 11, 2001. A case study is reported to illustrate the role of this type of response to trauma. |
Trung, 61y (in 1999), male Vietnamese married, 4 children (but only two sons with him in the USA), a lieutenant chief of police before being arrested, probably not working in the USA, severely tortured. |
Vietnam – the USA (1993) |
12. Hinton et al.24
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8 |
From 1999 to 2001 |
Present orthostatic panic attack as a cultural expression of traumatic experiences among Vietnamese refugees attending a psychiatric clinic. Authors present case examples to demonstrate its phenomenology. |
Thach, 57y (in 1999), female, widowed, four children, living with her daughter, suffered from war, famine and a violent husband. |
Saigon, Vietnam – Malaysia (1983) Malaysia – New York, USA (1984) |
13. Charlés31
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8.5 |
Before 2009, after 1 year patient was living in the USA. |
Case study of home-based therapy with a female refugee to illustrate how a therapist can work in the context of the client’s home. |
Veronique, 28y, Liberian woman, with 2 children and her sister (her husband was still in the camp), in disability benefits because she was shot in both legs, but willing to work. |
Liberia – “Peace (refugee) Camp”, Ivory Coast (when she was 12y) – eastern city in the USA (when she was 27y) |
14. Franco-Paredes32
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8 |
Before May, 2009 – 16 months after patient had arrived in the USA |
Clinical case to present an unusual expression of PTSD in a Sudanese refugee. |
Mr. A, Sudanese male, alone, last 20 years before arriving in the USA spent in refugee camps, unable to work due to stabbing pain. |
Southern Sudan – Refugee camps of Southern Sudan, Kenya, Egypt and Ethiopia (where he lived for 20 years) – USA (16 months prior medical treatment) |
15. Langellier33
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9.5 |
Summer of 2006 |
Narrative analysis of a young refugee living in Lewiston, Maine, to examine how a Somali woman deals with her identity. |
Caaliya, 22y, Somali Muslim woman, working in the service sector and attending college in Lewiston. |
Somalia – Kenya (1996, when she was 12y) – West Coast of the USA – Lewiston, Maine, USA (2004, when she was 20y) |
16. Vongkhamphra et al.34
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8 |
March, 2008 |
Report a case study of the resettlement process of a Somali Bantu refugee in the USA to highlight some of the refugees’ needs and how to meet them. |
Ms. X, born in the late 70s, Somali Bantu woman, divorced twice, with 5 children (4, 6, 10, 12 and 14y), not working due to kidney failure. |
Southern Somalia – Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya (when she was a young teenager, where she spent 1 year and moved to another camp in Kenya) – Kakuma refugee camp – Nashville, Tennessee, USA (2006, after living 14 years in refugee camps) |
17. Pedersen35
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7 |
During 15 months between 2004-2005 |
Fieldwork among Iraqi observant Muslim refugee women to explore how social class relations, ethnicity and gender affect the integration of well-educated women in Danish society. A case study is presented as an example of what these women experience. |
Umm Zainap, 49y, Iraqi observant Shiite Muslim woman, married, with 3 children, with a technical university degree, teaches Arabic to children at the mosque and has a temporary job in an Arab school. |
Baghdad, Iraq – Copenhagen, Denmark (1992, when she was 37y) |
18. Quackenbush and Krasner36
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10 |
Before 2012 |
Present a case report to examine elements of psychotherapy carried in the ‘Second Life’ virtual environment. |
Ranndy, male, 34y, alone, engineering degree. |
Libya – ‘a large city in a more developed Arab country in the Middle East’ (before 2012) |
19. Green37
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9 |
2010 |
Present a clinical case study of a Congolese refugee woman who suffered violent xenophobia in South Africa and to explore the relationship with the therapist. |
Gabrielle, 35y, Congolese woman, married, working at home, making cushions, suffered many violent attacks including rape. |
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – Kenya (1998) – Cape Town, South Africa (2001) |
20. Smith et al.38
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9 |
Before October, 2011 and after 2008 |
Case study demonstrating the value of engagement in meaningful occupation (weaving) as an important component of resettlement. |
Paw Law Eh, female, in her 40s (born in 1965), married, with four children, a school-teacher in her home country and in refugee camps and weaving teacher in the USA. |
Karen State of Burma – Thailand (1977) Burma - Umpiem Mai refugee Camp in Thai-Burma border (where she lived for 24 years) – United States (2008) |
21. Jensen39
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9 |
Before December, 2012 and after 1993 |
Case report to evidence the application of exposure therapy treatment in a tortured refugee in need of an interpreter. |
Zaid*, 60y, male, married, with children, tortured. |
Iraq – Denmark (1993) |
22. Medeiros et al.40
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7.5 |
From December, 2010 to September, 2013 |
Case report to present successful multidisciplinary treatment with a traumatised refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
Djo*, 23y, male, alone, tortured. |
Democratic Republic of Congo – Brazil (2010) |