TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Traumatized refugee children: the case for individualized diagnosis and treatment
JO  - Journal of nervous and mental disease
A1  - Kinzie, J. D.
A1  - Cheng, Keith
A1  - Tsai, J.
A1  - Riley, C.
SP  - 534
EP  - 537
VL  - 194
IS  - 7
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3018
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.nmd.0000224946.93376.51
ID  - ref1
ER  -