A Psychological Journey Through Migration

Authors

  • Maria Inês Dias Silva Hospital Miguel Bombarda

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25752/psi.6050

Keywords:

Migration, Migration psychology, Migratory trauma, Migration Psychopathology, Therapeutic relation and culture, Transcultural Psychiatry

Abstract

Psychological dimension is emphasized in different approaches and languages over migration in a review of its reasons and circumstances, analyzing the person “decontextualization”, his rupture, the transcultural risk and the migratory trauma that may occur. The concept of disease and illness are mentioned as well as the concept of “alterity”, the cultural dimension in the therapeutic relation and specific addressing techniques.

Published

2005-12-01

Issue

Section

Review Articles