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Published on: November 21, 2013
[Psychotic states in young migrants and children of migrants]
T Baubet1, O Taïeb, J Guillaume
1AP-HP, Hôpital Avicenne, Service de psychopathologie de l'enfant, de l'adolescent et de psychiatrie générale, Bobigny, France et EA 3413, Université Paris 13. thierry.baubet@avc.aphp.fr
Abstract:
Psychiatric literature documenting increased rates of psychotic illness among migrants in European countries has been more and more reported during the past two decades. Social causes to this phenomenon have been highlighted. In this paper, we review and discuss this literature from the cultural psychiatry perspective. We can point three limitations to these works : the definition of the studied groups, the cultural validity diagnoses, and the psychic impact of migration and its complexity not being considered enough. The above considerations lead us to go forward with studies addressing this question. The need to construct methodologies addressing psychiatric epidemiology, transcultural psychiatry and human sciences is underlined.
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