Cultural considerations in providing trauma care to female, childhood sexual abuse survivors: experiences from Pakistan

Author(s)

Tania Nadeem, The Aga Khan University Hospital
Nargis Asad, The Aga Khan University Hospital
Sahar Nadeem Hamid, Institute of Business Administration, KarachiFollow

Author Affiliation

Sahar Nadeem Hami is Assistant Professor at Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi

Faculty / School

Faculty of Business Administration (FBA)

Department

Department of Social Sciences & Liberal Arts

Was this content written or created while at IBA?

Yes

Document Type

Article

Source Publication

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

ISSN

1876-2018

Keywords

Abuse, Culture, Pakistan, Trauma

Disciplines

Medical Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences | Psychiatric and Mental Health | Psychology

Abstract

Abuse is associated with short and long term psychiatric consequences. There is a need to develop more culturally competent treatment, especially in the South Asian context. We present an account of our clinical experience with hospital-based therapeutic strategies that we found to be successful in a largely conservative, developing country.

Indexing Information

HJRS - X Category, Scopus, Web of Science - Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI)

Journal Quality Ranking

Impact Factor: 3.543

Recommended Citation

Nadeem, T., Asad, N., & Hamid, S. N. (2020). Cultural considerations in providing trauma care to female, childhood sexual abuse survivors: experiences from Pakistan. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 48 Retrieved from https://ir.iba.edu.pk/faculty-research-articles/187

Publication Status

Published