13 May 2017

Thematic Focus: Mental Health

Opportunity:

Invitation to participate in research project: Vicarious Traumatisation: The Impact on Solicitors Working with Traumatised Asylum Seekers [info]
- No deadline indicated.

Resources:

"The Contemporary Refugee Crisis: An Overview of Mental Health Challenges," World Psychiatry, vol. 16, no. 2 (June 2017) [free full-text]

"Employment Status and Psychological Distress in a Population-based Cross-sectional Study in Sweden: The Impact of Migration," BMJ Open, 7:e014698 (April 2017) [open access]

IASC Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Programmes in Emergency Settings (Inter-Agency Standing Committee, March 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Issues in Mental Health Nursing, vol. 38, no. 4 (2017) [free full-text]
- Special issue on "Immigrant and Refugee Mental Health."

New Look at Refugee Mental Health: Practice and Perceptions, Washington, DC, 30 March 2017 [access]
- Follow link for video.

"Prevalence and Risk of Mental Disorders in the Perinatal Period among Migrant Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis," Archives of Women's Mental Health, vol. 20, no. 3 (June 2017) [open access]

"Psychosocial Interventions for Children and Adolescents after Man-made and Natural Disasters: A Meta-analysis and Systematic Review," Psychological Medicine, First View, 11 April 2017 [open access]

What do Refugees Leave Behind? Loss, Grief, and Healing among People Displaced by War (Psychology Today Blog, May 2017) [text]

"When do Traumatic Experiences Alter Risk-taking Behavior? A Machine Learning Analysis of Reports from Refugees," PLoS ONE 12(5): e0177617 (May 2017) [open access]

Blog:

Migration and Mental Health (University of Neuchâtel) [access]
- "A comprehensive collection of academic resources which focuses specifically on the topic of migration and mental health."

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health (6 April 2017)

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