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Psychiatric complications of family reunion after four decades of separation.
Tseng, W S; Cheng, T A; Chen, Y S; Hwang, P L; Hsu, J.
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  • Tseng WS; Department of Psychiatry, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96813.
Am J Psychiatry ; 150(4): 614-9, 1993 Apr.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8465879
OBJECTIVE: After four decades of separation due to civil war, many people who had migrated to Taiwan from mainland China had the unexpected opportunity to briefly visit their families in mainland China. A study was conducted to examine psychiatric complications associated with these family reunions following long involuntary separation. METHOD: Eighty subjects who made the journey were given semistructured interviews investigating their psychological experiences relating to the family reunion. The variables investigated were sociodemographic characteristics, the subject's previsit emotional condition, factors related to the family reunion experience, and stress encountered during the visit. RESULTS: The survey indicated that more than one-fifth of the subjects (22.5%) developed psychiatric complications, mainly depression, immediately after the visit. Determinants found to contribute significantly to the occurrence of emotional disorders were previous ways of expressing homesickness, family members seen during the reunion, family misfortunes that the subjects discovered, family conflict encountered at the reunion, and tactics for coping with such stressors. CONCLUSIONS: The study results suggest that family reunions after long-term separation can be trauma-repairing experiences for some but for others can lead to trauma reexperiencing and psychiatric complications requiring mental health intervention.
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Etnicidade / Família / Emigração e Imigração / Transtornos Mentais Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Qualitative_research Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: Asia Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 1993 Tipo de documento: Article
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Etnicidade / Família / Emigração e Imigração / Transtornos Mentais Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Qualitative_research Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: Asia Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 1993 Tipo de documento: Article