Psychosomatic posttraumatic resonances in refugees

Ottino, S.v.O.

Revue Medicale Suisse 12(524): 1238-1240

2016


ISSN/ISBN: 1660-9379
PMID: 27506069
Document Number: 686427
The recent flow of refugees in our countries connects the clinician to new challenges: posttraumatic consequences, exile pathologies, cultural differences. Moreover, the psychic pains express themselves often through the body in more or less qualified ways, making a clear understanding of them difficult. From the therapist's side, the confrontation to war violences and cultural differences might create difficulties in establishing an empathic and fruitful therapeutic alliance.

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