| Title |
Migraine-Like Visual Auras Among Traumatized Cambodians with PTSD: Fear of Ghost Attack and Other Disasters
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, October 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11013-017-9554-7 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Devon E. Hinton, Ria Reis, Joop de Jong |
| Abstract |
This article profiles visual auras among traumatized Cambodian refugees attending a psychiatric clinic. Thirty-six percent (54/150) had experienced an aura in the previous 4 weeks, almost always phosphenes (48% [26/54]) or a scintillating scotoma (74% [40/54]). Aura and PTSD were highly associated: patients with visual aura in the last month had greater PTSD severity, 3.6 (SD = 1.8) versus 1.9 (SD = 1.6), t = 10.2 (df = 85), p < 0.001, and patients with PTSD had a higher rate of visual aura in the last month, 69% (22/32) versus 13% (7/55), odds ratio 15.1 (5.1-44.9), p < 0.001. Patients often had a visual aura triggered by rising up to the upright from a lying or sitting position, i.e., orthostasis, with the most common sequence being an aura triggered upon orthostasis during a migraine, experienced by 60% of those with aura. The visual aura was often catastrophically interpreted: as the dangerous assault of a supernatural being, most commonly the ghost of someone who died in the Pol Pot period. Aura often triggered flashback. Illustrative cases are provided. The article suggests the existence of local biocultural ontologies of trauma as evinced by the centrality of visual auras among Cambodian refugees. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 75 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 15% |
| Researcher | 8 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 14 | 19% |
| Unknown | 24 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 11 | 15% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 11 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 8% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 8 | 11% |
| Unknown | 30 | 40% |
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