Complex PTSD in asylum-seekers living in a humanitarian setting in Africa: A latent class analysis.

Alberto Barbieri Sanoussi Saidou Soumana Anna DessìOudou SadouTajira BoubacarFederica Visco-ComandiniDanilo Alunni Fegatelli Sabine Pirchio

Published in: Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy (2022)

This study supported the validity of the ICD-11 construct of CPTSD in an asylum-seeker sample living in a low-income country. Moreover, the findings suggest that not only premigration factors (i.e., the early age of the first trauma) but also postmigration stressors (i.e., precarious reception conditions in large, isolated facilities) are important predictors of CPTSD symptoms with important implications regarding reception policies and the prevention of trauma-related mental disorders in asylum seekers and refugees. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

Keyphrases

public health
trauma patients
emergency department
social support
posttraumatic stress disorder