Cultural Factors in Traumatic Stress

Culture and Mental Health: Sociocultural Influences, Theory, and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 221-244

  Yeomans, Peter D ^a   Forman, Evan M ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological and environmental factors; Challenges of assessment and treatment; Contextual factors influencing how traumatic reactions are reported; Cultural factors in traumatic stress; Emic approach research for better characterizing local manifestation of traumatic stress; Nationals remaining in a pre industrialized setting; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Recent immigrants to industrialized world Cambodian refugees meeting criteria for PTSD; Substantial variability in expression of specific traumatic stress symptoms between cultures; Understanding cultural factors influencing traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889615451     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444305807.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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