• DOI:10.1007/s11013-009-9131-9
Corpus ID: 207214007

Nightmares Among Cambodian Refugees: The Breaching of Concentric Ontological Security

@article{Hinton2009NightmaresAC,
  title={Nightmares Among Cambodian Refugees: The Breaching of Concentric Ontological Security},
  author={D. Hinton and A. Hinton and V. Pich and J. R. Loeum and M. Pollack},
  journal={Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry},
  year={2009},
  volume={33},
  pages={219-265}
}

D. Hinton, A. Hinton, +2 authors M. Pollack

Published 2009

Psychology, Medicine

Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry

This article explores the nightmares of Cambodian refugees in a cultural context, and the role of nightmares in the trauma ontology of this population, including their role in generating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Among Cambodian refugees attending a psychiatric clinic, we found that having a nightmare was strongly associated with having PTSD (χ2 = 61.7, P < 0.001, odds ratio = 126); that nightmares caused much distress upon awakening, including panic attacks, fear of bodily… CONTINUE READING

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