Life Overtakes Me (2019) on Netflix
TV-PG201939mDocumentary
In Sweden, hundreds of children from refugee families have fallen into a coma-like state called resignation syndrome. Their families face deportation, and the state can last for months or years.
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Plot summary
A coma-like condition known as uppgivenhetssyndrom, or resignation syndrome, has taken hold among hundreds of children in Sweden's refugee families. The families arrived after fleeing extreme trauma, and deportation hangs over them. In this state a child withdraws from the world, as if frozen, and can remain that way for months or even years. The illness is described as apparently stemming from the traumatic experiences the children had.
Cast
- Henry Ascheras Himself - Pediatrician and Professor, University of Gothenburg (as Henry Ascher MD)
- Nadja Hatemas Herself - Immigration Attorney
- Mikael Billingas Himself - Psychologist and Psychotherapist, BUP Asylum Psychiatric Unit
- Karl Sallinas Himself - Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University (as Karl Sallin MD)
- Elizabeth Hultcrantzas Herself - Professor Emerita, Linköping University (as Elizabeth Hultcrantz MD PhD)
- Anne-Liis von Knorringas Herself - Child Psychologist, Professor Emerita, Uppsala University (as Anne-Liis von Knorring MD)
