The political and policing problems of allowing hundreds of thousands of refugees from Africa, the Middle East and Afghanistan to plod into Western Europe tend to overshadow the difficulties of settling them into a new and alien society.
On the medical front, countries in Western Europe are well prepared to cope with the massive influx, according to the World Health Organization. But inevitably there are exotic health issues. Female genital mutilation is one that has made headlines. One that hasn’t is “resignation syndrome” in refugee children and adolescents in Sweden.
Abstract:
“Resignation syndrome” in refugee children and adolescents in Sweden is one of the most bizarre medical stories of the past decade.
