Description
Book SynopsisIt is estimated that at least 33 million people around the world have been displaced from their homes by war or persecution. Numerous studies have documented high rates of psychological distress among these survivors of extreme violence and forced migration, yet very few have access to clinic-based mental health care. In any case, clinic-based services cannot adequately address the constellation of displacement-related stressors that affect refugees daily, whether in a new region of their homeland or a new country--stressors such as social isolation, the loss of previously valued social roles, poverty and a lack of employment opportunities, and difficulties obtaining education and medical care. Additionally, many refugees from non-western societies find western methods of psychiatric and psychological healing culturally alien or stigmatizing, and therefore underutilize such services.
This book brings together an international group of experts on the mental health of refugees
Trade Review"The well-reasoned approach of the authors and the clear description of the application of this method of healing makes this an extraordinary book which is apt to be of interest to those with education in psychiatry as well as to those with a less technical background."
—Doody's Electronic Journal
"This book brings together an international group of experts on the mental health of refugees who have pioneered a new approach to treatment."
—Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge
Table of ContentsContents: Preface. K.E. Miller, L.M. Rasco, An Ecological Framework for Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Refugee Communities. Part I: Programs in Africa and Asia.M. Wessells, C. Monteiro, Internally Displaced Angolans: A Child-Focused, Community-Based Intervention. J. Hubbard, N. Pearson, Sierra Leonean Refugees in Guinea: Addressing the Mental Health Effects of Massive Community Violence. W.A.C.M van de Put, M. Eisenbruch, Internally Displaced Cambodians: Healing Trauma in Communities. R. Tribe, Family Rehabilitation Centre Staff, Internally Displaced Sri Lankan War Widows: The Women's Empowerment Programme. K. Kostelny, M. Wessells, Internally Displaced East Timorese: Challenges and Lessons of Large-Scale Emergency Assistance. Part II: Programs in South and North America.J.E.B. Cuéllar, Internally Displaced Columbians: The Recovery of Victims of Political Violence Within a Psychosocial Framework. S. Weine, S. Feetham, Y. Kulauzovic, S. Besic, A. Lezic, A. Mujagic, J. Muzurovic, D. Spahovic, M. Zhubi, J. Rolland, I. Pavkovic, Bosnian and Kosovar Refugees in the United States: Family Interventions in a Services Framework. J. Goodkind, P. Hang, M. Yang, Hmong Refugees in the United States: A Community Based Advocacy and Learning Intervention. Part III: Critical Issues.J. Hubbard, K.E. Miller, Evaluating Ecological Mental Health Interventions in Refugee Communities. L.M. Rasco, K.E. Miller, Innovations, Challenges, and Critical Issues in the Development of Ecological Mental Health Interventions With Refugees.
