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The "Ulysses syndrome" : an eponym identifies a psychosomatic disorder in modern migrants.
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Bianucci, Raffaella, Charlier, Philippe, Perciaccante, Antonio, Lippi, Donatella and Appenzeller, Otto (2017) The "Ulysses syndrome" : an eponym identifies a psychosomatic disorder in modern migrants. European Journal of Internal Medicine, 41 . pp. 30-32. doi:10.1016/j.ejim.2017.03.020 ISSN 0953-6205.
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2017.03.020
Abstract
Due to civil wars, violence and persecutions, between 2015 and 2016, more than 1.4 million people, from the Middle East and Africa, fled their counties and migrated to Europe. The vast majority of migrants, who have already experienced enormous level of stressors, are faced with dangerous, often lethal, migratory journeys. Those who survive are exposed to adaptation stressors such as different languages, isolation, lack of work opportunities, diminished social status and a sense of failure in the new countries of residence. These are stressors that go far beyond the usual adaptation stresses to new cultures and migrants experience permanent crises with an imminent risk of developing the "Ulysses syndrome". As a consequence, many individuals often develop symptoms such as irritability, nervousness, migraine, tension headache, insomnia, tiredness, fear, loss of appetite and generalized ill-defined discomfort. If left untreated these symptoms, originally described by Hofer in the 17th century, may degenerate into a severe psychosomatic disorder leading to reactive depression. Here we expand the concept of Ulysses' syndrome and illustrate new initiatives aimed at reducing the level of stressors in migrants and at promoting their successful integration in their new countries. [Abstract copyright: Copyright © 2017 European Federation of Internal Medicine. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.]
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Microbiology & Infection Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | European Journal of Internal Medicine | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier BV | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0953-6205 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | June 2017 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 41 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 30-32 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ejim.2017.03.020 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | ** From PubMed via Jisc Publications Router. ** History: ** received: 25-03-2017 ** accepted: 28-03-2017 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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