The relationship of PTSD to key somatic complaints and cultural syndromes among Cambodian refugees attending a psychiatric clinic: ThE Cambodian Somatic Symptom and Syndrome Inventory (CSSI)

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 347-370

  Hinton, Devon E ^a   Kredlow, M Alexandra ^a   Pich, Vuth ^b   Bui, Eric ^c   Hofmann, Stefan G ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Arbour Counseling Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; Cambodian Somatic Symptom and Syndrome Inventory; cultural syndromes; PTSD; refugees; somatization

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; CAMBODIAN SOMATIC SYMPTOM AND SYNDROME INVENTORY; CULTURAL SYNDROMES; PTSD; REFUGEES; SOMATIZATION;

ADULT; CAMBODIA; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; CAMBODIAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CULTURAL SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DYING; EMOTION; FAINTNESS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MOTION SICKNESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SHORT FORM 12; SOMATIZATION; THE CAMBODIAN SOMATIC SYMPTOM AND SYNDROME INVENTORY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881257049     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461513481187     Document Type: Article

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