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Womersley, Gail

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Womersley, Gail
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    Post-traumatic stress disorder among refugees following xenophobic attacks in Durban, South Africa
    (Lisbon: inScience Press, 2018)
    Womersley, Gail 
    ;
    Shroufi, Amir
    ;
    Severy, Nathalie
    ;
    van Cutsem, Gilles
    Following a spate of xenophobic attacks against foreign nationals in Durban, South Africa, displacement camps were set up to shelter predominantly Congolese and Burundian refugees. Embedded within the emergency program a prevalence study of symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was conducted among a convenience sample of this population. Twenty-seven participants included men and women who were screened for symptoms using the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ). Results indicate a prevalence rate of 85% among this population. Limitations include the small sample size and potential self-reporting. The high prevalence rate of people who meet diagnostic criteria for PTSD has profound implications for psychosocial interventions and access to mental health services for this community – as well as significant broader legal and social justice implications.