@article{ref1,
title="Traumatized refugee children: the case for individualized diagnosis and treatment",
journal="Journal of nervous and mental disease",
year="2006",
author="Kinzie, J. D. and Cheng, Keith and Tsai, J. and Riley, C.",
volume="194",
number="7",
pages="534-537",
abstract="The first 131 traumatized refugee children evaluated and treated in a child specialty clinic indicated a wide variety of trauma including war-related traumas (21%) for areas of recent conflict and domestic violence (28%) predominantly occurring in patients from Mexico and Latin America. Clinical diagnoses indicate PTSD was common (63%) in the war trauma group but was found less (25%) in the domestic violence group. Otherwise, the refugee clinic population showed a wide variety of diagnoses, including 20% having learning or cognitive disability or clear mental retardation. The traumatized refugee children had a similar prevalence of PTSD and depression to a comparable group of American child psychiatry patients. Refugee children have faced a variety of traumas and have a variety of diagnoses. All traumatized refugee children need an individualized evaluation and treatment plan. Trauma focused therapy is not appropriate for all refugee children.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3018",
doi="10.1097/01.nmd.0000224946.93376.51",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.nmd.0000224946.93376.51"
}