Abstract
Key Points:
Sequels to violence can, due to their high prevalence and potentially severe long-term impact, be seen globally as the potentially largest mental health challenge.
Displacement can add additional challenges for victims and health care systems.
An interdisciplinary approach integrating medical and psychological, but also legal and sociological, aspects is required to address understanding, treating, and preventing violence.
A stronger focus on subjective, culture based, and dimensional factors, as partly reflected in the new DSM-5 models, needs to be part of any intervention
Sequels to violence can, due to their high prevalence and potentially severe long-term impact, be seen globally as the potentially largest mental health challenge.
Displacement can add additional challenges for victims and health care systems.
An interdisciplinary approach integrating medical and psychological, but also legal and sociological, aspects is required to address understanding, treating, and preventing violence.
A stronger focus on subjective, culture based, and dimensional factors, as partly reflected in the new DSM-5 models, needs to be part of any intervention
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 529-542 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | The Psychiatric clinics of North America |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2015 |
Keywords
- Idioms of distress
- Posttraumatic stress
- Prevention
- Refugees
- Transcultural differences
- Trauma
- Violence