[Maternity in exile: the benefits of using the genogram in clinical research]

Julia de Freitas Girardi1, Gesine Sturm1, Sylvie Bourdet-Loubère2

  • 1Université Toulouse-II-Jean-Jaurès, laboratoire de psychologie de la socialisation, développement et travail (LPS-DT EA 1697), Maison de la recherche, 5 allée Antonio-Machado, 31058 Toulouse cedex, France.

Soins. Psychiatrie
|February 23, 2025
PubMed

The complexity of exiled mothers' migratory situations calls for the identification and development of tools that facilitate the exploration of subjective reality, social, cultural and family contexts, and migratory history. The genogram is a useful research tool for studying the experience of motherhood in exile.

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