Psychiatric Consultation in a Vietnamese Refugee Camp.

摘要

The authors provided community psychiatric consultation to medical personnel in charge of the Vietnamese refugee camp at Camp Pendleton, California. The emergency measures required to provide clothes, food, shelter, and medical care for nearly 60,000 refugees were immensely successful. Nonetheless, consultation was requested to assist with selected mental health problems of the refugees. The particular contributions of the authors varied according to the length of time the camp had been established. Early recommendations were those concerned with easing refugees' initial adaptation to the camp. Later consultation efforts included the creation of a psychiatric crisis clinic and carrying out a mental health survey on a random sample of refugees. As the camp neared its close six months later, our consultative input was directed towards the problems of unaccompanied children. (Author)