Resignation syndrome does not always have to be a mystery. Resignation syndrome (also called traumatic withdrawal syndrome or traumatic refusal; Swedish: uppgivenhetssyndrom) is a, possibly factitious, dissociative syndrome that induces a catatonic state, first described in Sweden in the 1990s.The condition affects predominately psychologically traumatized children and adolescents in the midst of a strenuous and lengthy migration process. Also added above. The patients seem to have lost the will to live. It’s called resignation syndrome, and like the human devastation syndrome that we’ve seen in child survivors of Syria’s civil war, it’s unbelievably heartbreaking. “Life-threatening Loss of Function in Refugee Children: Another Expression of Pervasive Refusal Syndrome?,” Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry  (July 1, 2005): https://doi.org/10.1177/1359104505053753. Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled, "Resignation syndrome" and the trauma of facing deportation, http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/03/the-trauma-of-facing-deportation. She is just waiting for the situation to be better.”[16] In agreement with Hultcrantz’sexplanation, one child – after over a year living with RS – has completely recovered by the end of the film following the news that her family has been granted residency. [11] Sallin, “Resignation Syndrome.” 9-10. While children can often fully recover from RS, they exhibit symptoms for multiple years and need tube feeding for an average of six months. Sydney, E.W. Movement within the social sciences to study RS is needed to compliment medical diagnoses. I do, however, suggest that current writing on the subject offers an overabundance of medical explanations and a dearth of systemic analysis. “Convention on the Rights of the Child,” entry into force 2 September 1990, United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/crc.aspx. Resignation Syndrome: A New Conversation. In his 2016 report, “Resignation Syndrome: Catatonia? Santiago, Iago Sávyo Duarte. Directed by Kristine Samuelson and John Haptas. Eventually they recover. [2] [22], The reports from Nauru are important to the study of RS both because they provide context but also because they serve to disprove some previously accepted hypotheses. Maya explains that she is aware of children with severe mental illnesses and RS on Nauru, including her own sister. 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