“According to the taxonomy of the American Psychiatric Association, severe homesickness may be best classified as adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood (diagnostic code 309.28).7,8 The defining feature of homesickness is recurrent cognitions that are focused on home (eg, house, loved ones, homeland, home cooking, returninghome), and the precipitating stressor is always an anticipated or actual separation from home. Therefore, it is possible to distinguish homesickness from all other kinds of anxiety disorders, mood disorders, or adjustment disorders as well as from separation distress that young people may feel when caregivers leave home (eg, for work, military service, divorce, incarceration).9,10 Homesickness may also be comorbid with other behavioral, emotional, cognitive, and physical problems that warrant clinical attention.”
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Hey, Beth … this entry reminded me of a song:
Un canadien errant
Banni de ses foyers
Un canadien errant
Banni de ses foyers
Parcourait en pleurant
Des pays étrangers
Parcourait en pleurant
Des pays étrangers
Un jour triste et pensif
Assis au bord des flots
Au courant fugitif
Il adressa ces mots
Si tu vois mon pays
Mon pays malheureux
Va, dis a mes amis
Que je me souviens d'eux
O jours si pleins d'appas
Vous êtes disparus
Et ma patrie, hélas, je ne la verrai plus
Non, mais en expirant
O mon cher Canada
Mon regard languissant
Vers toi se portera
http://www.songsforteaching.com/canada/uncanadienerrant.htm
Lynn, thanks for cheering me up with this incredibly sad song about a banished Canadian who will never go home, who will die thinking of his unhappy country!
No, seriously, this is one of my favourite songs. It's beautiful. I'll sing it tomorrow. Many thanks.
b.
I had a feeling you might want to sing it … that's why I included the lyrics. I only ever remember the first verse. 🙂
Hey, if you're in the mood for another French Canadian song, here's a favourite of mine. My cousins used to sing this at their cottage.
Amis, partons sans bruit;
La pêche sera bonne,
La lune qui rayonne
Éclairera la nuit.
Il faut qu’avant l’aurore
Nous soyons de retour,
Pour sommeiller encore
Avant qu’il soit grand jour.
Refrain
Partons, la mer est belle;
Embarquons-nous, pêcheurs,
Guidons notre nacelle,
Ramons avec ardeur.
Aux mâts hissons les voiles,
Le ciel est pur et beau;
Je vois briller l’étoile
Qui guide les matelots !
http://www.songsforteaching.com/kidzup/partonslamerestbelle.php