Dr. Virani focuses on exposure to war, violence, shootings, and the impact of migration.   These migrants are forced to flee from their homes due to threats of violence and death due to cultural or religious beliefs.    Just as traumatic for these individuals is the ability to adapt and be accepted in their new homes. 

• Discussed in the episode:
• Cultural Psychiatry
• Pre-migration stressors
• Post Migration stressors 
• Misdiagnosis of mental health issues in the migrant population
• Tips for diagnosing and working with refugees 
• The emergence of compulsive symptoms years after trauma 
• The importance to individualize each case.  
• Trust in leaders of the community
• Working with the religious communities to identify mental health issues

Today's guests 

Dr. G. Eric Jarvis is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at McGill University and Director of the Cultural Consultation Service, the First Episode Psychosis Program, and the Culture and Psychosis Working Group at the Jewish General Hospital.

Dr. Victor Pereira-Sanchez is a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist based in New York. He obtained his medical degree (MD) in 2014 at Universidad de Navarra, in Spain, where he also completed a clinical residency program in psychiatry in 2019 and received his Ph.D. in 2021.