As you have seen from the study of Lin, Carter and Kleinman, refugees are more prone to somatization than immigrants “by choice”. How would you explain that?

How can you characterize the strengths and limitations of this research study? Think about the denition of somatization that has been used. It was assumed that vague somatic symptoms in the absence of a clear etiology was suggestive of mental health issues. To what extent is this assumption justied?