Summary: With regard to the trauma, the fixation on the fact, the phenomenon, placed in prominent position, should not minimize its particularity or the logic of trauma. Indeed, all is not traumatic, even though many situations are, in many ways 'traumatizing'. The issue of 'traumatic encounter' thus relates the following feature: it is the encounter of something, for someone, that makes trauma...

Background Disaster research suggests that immigrant groups who are affected by a disaster receive less emotional support than their native counterparts. However, it is unclear to what extent these differences can be attributed to post-disaster mental health problems or whether they were present before the event. Aims To examine the association between lack of social support, immigration status...

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Complex humanitarian emergencies, whether arising from armed con£ict or natural disaster, challenge the mental health system of a country in many ways. Not least because they increase the risk ofmental disorder in the population, and undermine the pre-existing structures of care.They may, however, also bring new opportunities to create change. In this way, new structures and paradigms may emerge...