Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Related Disorders among Female Yazidi Refugees following Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Attacks—A Case Series and Mini-Review
Following the severe attacks by the so-called “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria” on the Yazidi population, which started in summer 2014, the state government of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, funded a Special-Quota Project to bring 1,000 very ill or left-behind women and children who were being held hos...
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| description | Following the severe attacks by the so-called “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria” on the Yazidi population, which started in summer 2014, the state government of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, funded a Special-Quota Project to bring 1,000 very ill or left-behind women and children who were being held hostage to 22 cities and towns in Baden-Württemberg to receive integrated care. Here, we report for the first time on the cases of four Yazidi women living in Ulm, Germany, focusing on the clinically observed and psychometrically assessed mental phenomena or disorders. Our primary aim was to explore what International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision diagnoses are present in this population. Although highly traumatized, these women were suffering primarily from adjustment disorder rather than posttraumatic stress disorder according to official classification systems. Despite their symptoms of depression and anxiety, the women’s responses to self-assessment questionnaires provided no evidence of compulsion, somatization, or eating disorders. The results suggest that further investigation of the individual-level effects of rape and torture, as well the historic, systemic, and collective effects, e.g., on families and societies, is required. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0a050c69f32b4f748260bc2e90837ea42022-12-22T02:35:29ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402017-12-01810.3389/fpsyt.2017.00282294463Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Related Disorders among Female Yazidi Refugees following Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Attacks—A Case Series and Mini-ReviewInga Gerdau0Jan Ilhan Kizilhan1Michael Noll-Hussong2Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Ulm, Ulm, GermanyDuale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Villingen-Schwenningen, Villingen-Schwenningen, GermanyDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Ulm, Ulm, GermanyFollowing the severe attacks by the so-called “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria” on the Yazidi population, which started in summer 2014, the state government of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, funded a Special-Quota Project to bring 1,000 very ill or left-behind women and children who were being held hostage to 22 cities and towns in Baden-Württemberg to receive integrated care. Here, we report for the first time on the cases of four Yazidi women living in Ulm, Germany, focusing on the clinically observed and psychometrically assessed mental phenomena or disorders. Our primary aim was to explore what International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision diagnoses are present in this population. Although highly traumatized, these women were suffering primarily from adjustment disorder rather than posttraumatic stress disorder according to official classification systems. Despite their symptoms of depression and anxiety, the women’s responses to self-assessment questionnaires provided no evidence of compulsion, somatization, or eating disorders. The results suggest that further investigation of the individual-level effects of rape and torture, as well the historic, systemic, and collective effects, e.g., on families and societies, is required.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00282/fullYazidiposttraumatic stress disorderabuse historymental disorderssomatic symptom disordertranscultural psychiatry |
| spellingShingle | Inga Gerdau Jan Ilhan Kizilhan Michael Noll-Hussong Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Related Disorders among Female Yazidi Refugees following Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Attacks—A Case Series and Mini-Review Frontiers in Psychiatry Yazidi posttraumatic stress disorder abuse history mental disorders somatic symptom disorder transcultural psychiatry |
| title | Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Related Disorders among Female Yazidi Refugees following Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Attacks—A Case Series and Mini-Review |
| title_full | Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Related Disorders among Female Yazidi Refugees following Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Attacks—A Case Series and Mini-Review |
| title_fullStr | Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Related Disorders among Female Yazidi Refugees following Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Attacks—A Case Series and Mini-Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Related Disorders among Female Yazidi Refugees following Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Attacks—A Case Series and Mini-Review |
| title_short | Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Related Disorders among Female Yazidi Refugees following Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Attacks—A Case Series and Mini-Review |
| title_sort | posttraumatic stress disorder and related disorders among female yazidi refugees following islamic state of iraq and syria attacks a case series and mini review |
| topic | Yazidi posttraumatic stress disorder abuse history mental disorders somatic symptom disorder transcultural psychiatry |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00282/full |
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