Citation

Piwowarczyk LA, Keane TM. Transcult. Psychiatry 2007; 44(4): 566-580.

Affiliation

Boston University School of Medicine, USA. piwo@bu.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, McGill University, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1363461507083897

PMID

18089639

Abstract

September 11, 2001 profoundly affected the American public. We share the views of a cohort of refugees and those seeking asylum from the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights. Of the 63 individuals from 18 countries interviewed, many had concerns about their personal safety following September 11, as well as fears related to deportation, arrest, detention, imprisonment, discrimination, physical violence and the destruction of property, and war. Asylum seekers were more likely than refugees to have concerns about their safety before their departure and during flight, as well as fear deportation and arrest after September 11. In the wake of September 11, most common coping strategies utilized included prayer (77.8%), speaking with friends from their own social group (47.6%), family (44.4%), and belief in fate (42.9%).

Language: en