University of Helsinki, Finland.
Transcult Psychiatry. 2010 Apr;47(2):276-300. doi: 10.1177/1363461510368914.
This article examines how the conceptions, expressions and treatment of mental distress are changing among Somalis living in Finland. The data derive from two focus group interviews with Somali seniors and two individual interviews with Islamic healers. Conditions conceptualized by the Finnish biomedical system as mental disorders, are seen by most Somalis as spiritual and/or social problems. Somali migrants face new sources of suffering and new ways of interpreting them. Consequently, traditional conceptions of mental distress both persist and change. Islamic understandings of healing, including notions of jinn spirits and treatment, continue to be important in exile.
本文探讨了生活在芬兰的索马里人对精神困扰的概念、表现和治疗方式的变化。数据来自对两位索马里老年人的焦点小组访谈以及对两位伊斯兰治疗师的个人访谈。在芬兰生物医学体系中被概念化为精神障碍的病症，在大多数索马里人看来是精神和/或社会问题。索马里移民面临着新的痛苦来源和新的解释方式。因此，传统的精神困扰概念既得以延续，也发生了变化。包括精灵和治疗概念在内的伊斯兰治愈观念，在流亡中仍然很重要。
