Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety,
and survivor guilt are mental health problems that have
been identified among Cambodian refugee children (Kinzie
& Sack, 1991; Rumbaut, 1991). Carlson and Rosser-Hogan
(1993) studied the mental health status of Cambodian refugees
living in the United States 10 years after they had fled
Cambodia. Within a general population sample of 50 Cambodian
refugees, 90% exhibited marked symptomatology in one
or more of the following: (a) PTSD, (b) dissociation, (c)
depression, and (d) anxiety. Of the sample, 80% categories
met the criteria in three of the four symptom categories and
90% met the criteria in two or more of the categories. Overall,
86% of the respondents suffered from PTSD, and 80% suffered
from depression.
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