Can Fam Physician. 1990 Feb;36:253-8.
The authors interviewed first-generation Greek immigrant women in Montreal about nonspecific somatic symptoms. The concept of nevra (nerves), which was central to these discussions, was used to link environmental and psychosocial variables with distress and painful physical states. The authors discuss the cultural construction of female identity in Greece and analyze the negative effect of immigration on self-esteem, often manifested as attacks of nevra. Metaphorical concepts, such as nevra, can be used to improve physician understanding and to facilitate communication with, and enhance care of, immigrant patients.
作者采访了在蒙特利尔的第一代希腊裔移民女性，了解她们的非特异性躯体症状。在这些讨论中，神经症（nevra）的概念是核心，它将环境和心理社会变量与痛苦和身体不适联系起来。作者讨论了希腊女性身份的文化建构，并分析了移民对自尊的负面影响，这种影响通常表现为神经症发作。隐喻概念，如 nevra，可以用来提高医生的理解，并促进与移民患者的沟通，增强对他们的护理。
