1. Trauma and Substance Abuse in Refugees
For decades, large numbers of individuals have been prompted to move to the United States due to threatening or emergency circumstances in their countries of origin. Some of these events have induced vulnerability due to civil wars, political transformations, riots, "ethnic cleansing" campaigns, rape and female mutilations, and violence of all kinds. Most refugee children have lost a parent to imprisonment or death. Refugees are often forced to flee suddenly and usually do not have the opportunity to make preparations to leave their country or to arrive in a new one. The Refugee Act...
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