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Immigrant Mental Health: An Experien tial Approach

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  • Rajendra K. Misra

    (Northeast Community Mental Health Center, Cleveland, Ohio)

  • Maurita A. Kilroy

    (John Carroll University, Ohio)

Abstract

Immigrants experience (not, analyse) ideographic instead of nomothetic kind of cognitive confusion in combination with emotional discomfort. Feelings of anger, anxiety and helplessness often result in acute as well as chronic pathology. The course of illness includes an initial stage of mtense excitement and/or pain, through accepting things half-heartedly, to a level of schizophrenic le belle indifference. The cultural kaleidoscope of myths, folklores, fairy tales, legends and archetypes continues skifting focus on the conflicts centring around a hope of success versus a fear of failure, a need to be here versus a desire to be back home, and aduting to accept the in at without abandoning the old. Excitement mellows Hint and guilt do not The "primal" conflict.

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  • Rajendra K. Misra & Maurita A. Kilroy, 1992. "Immigrant Mental Health: An Experien tial Approach," Psychology and Developing Societies, , vol. 4(2), pages 149-163, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:psydev:v:4:y:1992:i:2:p:149-163
    DOI: 10.1177/097133369200400204
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