The role of post-migration living difficulties on somatization among first-generation immigrants visited in a primary care service

• Main Authors: Massimiliano Aragona (Author), Daniela Pucci (Author), Sara Carrer (Author), Elena Catino (Author), Adriana Tomaselli (Author), Francesco Colosimo (Author), Montserrat Lafuente (Author), Marco Mazzetti (Author), Bianca Maisano (Author), Salvatore Geraci (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The role of post-migration living difficulties (PMLD) on somatization was studied in 101 first generation immigrants visited in primary care. Premigratory traumas and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were also assessed. About one third of patients somatized. Sociodemographic variables were simi...