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24th European Congress of Psychiatry / European Psychiatry 33S (2016) S349–S805

in Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa, understanding themost

frequent pathologies and nationalities. Themethods used consisted

in analyzing the refugee population that attended a psychothera-

peutic group and consultation in the Transcultural clinic of Centro

Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa during the past year. Analyzing

the population, 66 refugees were in contact with the transcultural

clinic, 44 of which were men, being the other 22 women, repre-

senting a total of 23 countries. The more frequent nationality was

Iranian (20) and the most frequent diagnosis was “adjustment dis-

order and anxiety” (38). We can reach the conclusion that more

refugee men contact with our psychiatric hospital than women,

accounting for 66, 6% of the total; 30, 3% of the refugees were from

Iran, followed by Pakistan with 10, 6%. The fact that the most fre-

quent diagnosis is adjustment disorder and anxiety, accounting for

57, 6% of the sample, seems to point out the extreme stress refugees

undergo.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their decla-

ration of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1451

EV467

The sense of community in times of

secularization and modernism

D. Rosa

Universidade de Coimbra, Master’s Roads to Democracyies, Coimbra,

Portugal

Based on theoretical studies we approach the secularization pro-

cess and the introduction of the Modern ideas effects over the

community sense. The object’s removal from the religious institu-

tions’ domain or its signification from the sacred and the exaltation

of the rational and the urbanization unveil how both phenomena

affect social relations regarding its interference over social sym-

bols, meanings and, therefore, over the identity that underlies the

community sense. What is shown are the deep social transforma-

tions that inflict over the still recent structures of urbanization, not

enough assimilated or well understood in concerning of the forces

that act over the relationships and daily life of whom integrates

them. Religion is conceived as a human projection and, therefore,

as a result of a necessary unconscious signification process that

occurs through a mechanism of self-defense for inner conflict, with

the intention of externalize it. Thereby, the Modern ideas can’t pro-

vide a tolerable interpretation of reality to fulfill the emotional void

resulted from secularization. In this context, the solidarity, respon-

sible for the community identity, decline while happened the

decrease of common representations. Nonetheless, the necessity of

signification doesn’t decrease. Thus, against modernist predictions,

community’s members tend to redirect its projections, qualifying

new symbols. What is noticed is that no process can remove rep-

resentation’s meaning without offer a substitute or witness the

redirection of it to other object. Nonetheless, it is possible to pro-

vide tools that will help community to detach of projections when

the necessity of them be surpassed conceiving the reality.

Disclosure of interest

The author has not supplied his declaration

of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1452

EV468

Dreaming the memories of our

parents: Understanding neurobiology

of transgenerational trauma and the

capacities for its healing

I. Rozentsvit

Object Relations Institute for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis,

Parent-Child Development Program, Fresh Meadows, USA

Selma Freiberg once said that “trauma demands repetition”. What

if actual trauma did not happen in real life of one particular per-

son, but he/she feels that it was real, as it is repeated every night

– in every dream? Do children and grandchildren of survivors of

holocaust and of the pogroms dream the memories of their parents

and grandparents? Does their imagination “make them up” or do

they have a transgenerational connection to the traumatic past of

their parents and grandparents, even if they were protected from

knowing and hearing the horrors of what actually happened to their

loved ones sometime one or two generations apart? Are these peo-

ple born with some specific biological markers (e.g., lower cortisol

levels)? Can fear be passed along fromparents to children by smell?

All these questions can be answered positively (see work of Jacek

Debiec, Dias and Ressler, andmany others), and can be explained on

the level of neurobiology and epigenetics (thanks to contributions

of Moshe Szyf and Michael Meaney from McGill University, and

others). This presentationwill offer some neuro-psychoeducational

reflections on the topic of transgenerational trauma, its epigenetic

transmission and its neuro-psycho-biological constructs, as well as

a very personal touch, a personal story of growing up in a very nur-

turing and cultured, but very small family, and not knowing of the

circumstances of “why small?”

Disclosure of interest

The author has not supplied his declaration

of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1453

EV469

Mental health treatment and media

preferences for persons of Latino

Heritage

T. Sorrell

University of Colorado-Denver, College of Nursing, Aurora, USA

Studies show the benefits of culturally sensitive methods of care

and treatment forminorities needingmental health services. Deter-

mining culturally based methods of care to align with patient

values and preferences has remained a focal point in mental health

services provision; although few studies have focused on the men-

tal health treatment preferences for persons of Latino heritage.

Treatment preferences could reflect personal characteristics, accul-

turation perspectives about mental health issues and illness and

treatment experience, along with media influences in English and

Spanish. Achieving patient-centered care in mental health ser-

vices begins with understanding patient values and preferences

and adapting services to meet needs, as well as aligning services

with values and preferences. Twenty-one participants were inter-

viewed individually and their responses analyzed using Atlas-ti

qualitative analysis software. The participants reported twenty-

five mental health treatment preferences, which will be reviewed

and discussed based on participant demographics. Media prefer-

ences andmedia influences onmental health informationwere also

assessed and will be discussed as to the cultural relevance of find-

ings. Mental health services for persons of Latino heritage should

include varying holistic and traditional mental health treatment

practices to increase Latino utilization, participation, and satisfac-

tion inmental health treatment services. Media provision of mental

health information for Latinos should recognize the need for utiliza-

tion of variedmediamodes, including in-person andmobile service

utilization, and for the presentation of mental heath information by

multi-lingual, engaging methods for dissemination of information

and for overall improvement in mental health service utilization.

Disclosure of interest

The author has not supplied his declaration

of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1454