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Psychiatric and Psychosomatic Problems among Southeast Asian Refugees

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Since 1975, over one-half million refugees from Southeast Asia have resettled in North America. Canada has admitted approximately 75,000 of those displaced persons (3). While the majority of the refugees settle successfully, there has been growing evidence that a significant number are experiencing considerable emotional distress. This impedes their smooth integration into the mainstream of the host society and leads at times to serious mental breakdowns requiring psychiatric intervention. The provision of adequate mental health services for this high risk population has been a major area of concern for those involved in refugee resettlement. Unfortunately, because the refugees are dispersed across the continent, only a few psychiatric facilities are in a position to study any sizable number of them.

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  1. Psychosomatic Service and Research, Champlain Valley Physicians, Hospital Medical Center, 12901, Plattsburgh, New York, USA

    Adam J. Krakowski M.D. (Chief) (Chief)

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, 950 East 59th Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Chase Patterson Kimball M.D. (Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine) (Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine)

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Nguyen, S.D. (1983). Psychiatric and Psychosomatic Problems among Southeast Asian Refugees. In: Krakowski, A.J., Kimball, C.P. (eds) Psychosomatic Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4496-4_38

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