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Parenthood in Migration: How to Face Vulnerability

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Whether they are African or Asian, the children of immigrant families live in situations in which they may be exposed to serious trauma. Immigrant families themselves often live in extreme conditions. Although research has described these conditions, intervention is still inadequate. These families need not only medical or psychological treatment but also basic needs for survival such as food, shelter, a place to sleep, a place to bury their dead. However, the psychological care of immigrant children and their families has much to teach us. We set out here to share what we have learned about immigrant families with infants.

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Notes

  1. When we speak about traditional practices, we refer to dominant cultural practices among a society, even if we acknowledge that these practices are always negotiated, individually appropriated and transformed. Moreover, with the change over time, ancient cultural practices often co-exist with the new, transformed one.

  2. Marie-Rose Moro.

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  1. Paris Descartes University, Paris, France

    Marie Rose Moro

  2. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Department, Cochin Hospital and Avicenne Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France

    Marie Rose Moro

  3. Inserm U699, Paris, France

    Marie Rose Moro

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Moro, M.R. Parenthood in Migration: How to Face Vulnerability. Cult Med Psychiatry 38, 13–27 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11013-014-9358-y

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