Identifying post-traumatic stress disorder in forced migrants

The health of forced migrants

“…This might be compounded by more recent experiences of immigration detention and current experiences of social isolation, poverty, hostility, and loss of status 131415…”

How we can approach survivors of torture

“…But each physician should be able to correctly provide diagnosis of torture and to differentiate it from dermatological or systemic diseases. At the same time, lack of adequate knowledge may lead to underestimation of Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) . The authors offer a clear classification and presentation of acute and chronic lesions, all supported by the related differential diagnosis.…”