African asylum seekers and refugees arrive in Italy after being exposed to several traumatic experiences as torture, in their own countries and/or in Libya. After the arrival they often present a Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD). In this study, we test the hypothesis that patients with PTSD have difficculties in empathic abilities due to the distortion of the interpersonal basic trust induced by traumas.
The empathic migrant: empathy is preserved in African refugees with PTSD / Aragona, Massimiliano; Petta, Anna Maria; Kiaris, Flaminia; Begotaraj, Edvaldo; Lai, Carlo; Spitoni, Grazia Fernanda. - In: DIALOGUES IN PHILOSOPHY MENTAL AND NEURO SCIENCES. - ISSN 2035-0031. - (2020).
The empathic migrant: empathy is preserved in African refugees with PTSD
Aragona, Massimiliano;Petta, Anna Maria;Begotaraj, Edvaldo;Lai, Carlo;Spitoni, Grazia Fernanda
2020
Abstract
African asylum seekers and refugees arrive in Italy after being exposed to several traumatic experiences as torture, in their own countries and/or in Libya. After the arrival they often present a Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD). In this study, we test the hypothesis that patients with PTSD have difficculties in empathic abilities due to the distortion of the interpersonal basic trust induced by traumas.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
