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. 2001 Spring;64(1):40-59.
doi: 10.1521/psyc.64.1.40.18238.

Trauma and extended separation from family among Latin American and African refugees in Montreal

C Rousseau  1 , A Mekki-Berrada, S Moreau
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Trauma and extended separation from family among Latin American and African refugees in Montreal

C Rousseau et al. Psychiatry. 2001 Spring.

Abstract

Although the vast majority of refugees have suffered trauma and extended separation from their families in exile, little is known about the interactions between these two types of experience. The qualitative and quantitative analyses of data gathered from 113 refugees from Latin America and Africa suggest that the joint occurrence of trauma and separation has a significant impact on emotional distress and confirm that the family plays a key role as an anchor of emotion and identity.

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