The Sierra Leonean refugee experience - Traumatic events and psychiatric sequelae
The Sierra Leonean refugee experience - Traumatic events and psychiatric sequelae
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DOI：
10.1097/00005053-200008000-00003
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发表时间：
2000-08-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Tang, SS
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作者：
Fox, SH;Tang, SS
虽然有一些研究涉及来自世界各地区的难民的心理健康状况，但没有对西非难民的心理健康状况进行研究。这项研究的目的是确定塞拉利昂难民样本所暴露的各种创伤事件的发生率，以及与这种暴露有关的精神后遗症。采用概率抽样程序对居住在西非冈比亚难民专员办事处赞助的难民营中的55名塞拉利昂难民进行了抽样鉴定和评估。以哈佛创伤问卷和霍普金斯症状检查表25作为调查工具。研究结果清楚地表明，各种创伤经历和精神后遗症的患病率高得令人不安。看来存在着一个迫切需要解决的重大心理健康问题。
Although a number of studies address the mental health status of refugees from a variety of regions in the world, there are no studies of the mental health status of West African refugees. It was the purpose of this study to determine the prevalence of various traumatic events to which a sample of Sierra Leonean refugees have been exposed as well as psychiatric sequelae associated with such exposure. A procedure of probability sampling was used to identify and assess a sample of 55 Sierra Leonean refugees residing in a UNHCR-sponsored camp in The Gambia, West Africa. The Harvard Trauma Questionnaire and the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 served as survey instruments. The findings clearly indicate the presence of disturbingly high prevalence rates for various traumatic experiences and psychiatric sequelae. It appears that a significant mental health problem exists that begs to be addressed.