Use of the Cultural Formulation with Refugees

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 487-505

  Rohlof, Hans ^a   Knipscheer, Jeroen W ^b   Kleber, Rolf J ^b  

^a National Expert Centre for theTreatment of Victims of Prosecution War and Violence   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

assessment; cultural formulation; cultural interview; psychodiagnostics; refugees

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REFUGEE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; TRUST;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ISLAM; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REFUGEES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; TRANSLATING; TURKEY;

EID: 70350704790     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461509344306     Document Type: Article

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