Citation

McVane B. Psychiatry Res. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Elmhurst Hospital Center, 79-01 Broadway Elmhurst, NY 11373, United States. Electronic address: benjamin.mcvane@mountsinai.org.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psychres.2019.112698

PMID

31822357

Abstract

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is common among asylum-seekers and manifests with symptoms uniquely problematic to the United States asylum-seeking process. Chiefly, hyper-vigilance, avoidance behavior, dissociative amnesia and a tendency towards non-linear narratives hinder the articulation of an effective asylum claim. Moreover, the format and environmental circumstances of the asylum-seeking process further heighten these difficulties.

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Language: en