Consistency of autobiographical memories in asylum seekers

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 776-

  Eytan, Ariel ^a   Laurencon, Maite ^a   Durieux Paillard, Sophie ^a   Ortiz, Nadia ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; LETTER; LIFE STRESS; NARRATIVE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MALINGERING; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 44949133341     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07071209     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Herlihy J, Turner S: Should discrepant accounts given by asylum seekers be taken as proof of deceit? Torture 2006; 16:81-92
2. Herlihy J, Scragg P, Turner S: Discrepancies in autobiographical memories: implications for the assessment of asylum seekers: repeated interviews study. BMJ 2002; 324:324-327