'The Golden Country': Ex-Yugoslav and African Refugee Experiences of Settlement and 'Depression'
'The Golden Country': Ex-Yugoslav and African Refugee Experiences of Settlement and 'Depression'
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DOI：
10.1080/13691830903123120
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发表时间：
2009-01-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Fozdar, Farida
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作者：
Fozdar, Farida
抑郁症和创伤后应激障碍是保健专业人员在试图处理有安置困难的病人时经常对难民客户作出的诊断。然而，这种侧重于心理诊断和干预的做法往往忽视了影响福祉的定居经历的政治、经济、文化和种族方面。本文报告了两项研究的结果，前南斯拉夫和非洲之角的难民定居经验，在珀斯，西澳大利亚州，这表明的联系，在难民的看法，至少福祉和两个密切相关的因素：就业和“文化冲击”。它报告了来自问卷调查，访谈和焦点小组的数据，其中包括来自难民背景的200多人，包括波斯尼亚人，苏丹人，苏丹人和索马里人，这表明他们认为移民后的经历比移民前的身体和心理创伤更重要。
Depression and post-traumatic stress disorder are frequent diagnoses made of refugee clients by health professionals attempting to deal with patients having settlement difficulties. However, this focus on psychological diagnosis and intervention tends to ignore political, economic, cultural and racial aspects of the settlement experience which affect well-being. This paper reports the findings of two studies of ex-Yugoslav and Horn of Africa refugee settlement experiences in Perth, Western Australia, which demonstrate the links, in the perceptions of refugees at least, between well-being and two closely related factors: employment and 'culture shock'. It reports data from questionnaires, interviews and focus groups with over 200 people from refugee backgrounds-including Bosnians, Croatians, Ethiopians, Eritreans, Sudanese and Somalis-which indicate their perception that post-migration experiences are more important in undermining wellbeing than pre-migration physical and psychological trauma.