Thematic Focus: Mental Health

Event:

Migration and Health Webinar Two: Mental Health of Refugees and Migrants: Myths and Realities, 5 September 2017 [info]
- Watch the seminar live and ask questions.

Publications:

1st Australia and New Zealand Refugee Trauma Recovery in Resettlement Conference: Facing Challenges, Sydney, 29-31 March 2017 [info]
- Follow link to access powerpoints, notes & abstracts.

"Common Mental Disorders in Asylum Seekers and Refugees: Umbrella Review of Prevalence and Intervention Studies," International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 11:51 (Aug. 2017) [open access]

"Emotional Problems among Recent Immigrants and Parenting Status: Findings from a National Longitudinal Study of Immigrants in Canada," PLoS ONE 12(4): e0175023 (April 2017) [open access]

"Factors Affecting Depressive Symptoms among North Korean Adolescent Refugees Residing in South Korea," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 14, no. 8 (Aug. 2017) [open access]

*FARO Model Handbook: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support to Unaccompanied Minors and Families with Children in Reception Centres (Terre des Hommes, Aug. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The Mental Health and Help-seeking Behaviour of Resettled Afghan Refugees in Australia," International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 11:49 (Aug. 2017) [open access]

"Social Identity Continuity and Mental Health among Syrian Refugees in Turkey," Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Online First, 21 July 2017 [open access]

"The Swedish Police Service’s Deportations of Unaccompanied, Asylum-seeking Refugee Children: The Role of Coping and General Mental Health," Cogent Psychology, vol. 4, no. 1 (2017) [open access]

An Unbearable Reality: The Impact of War and Displacement on Children's Mental Health in Iraq (Save the Children, June 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

"What Are the Roots of Distress among Refugees?," Psychology Today, 16 Aug. 2017 [text]

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- Thematic Focus: Mental Health (19 July 2017)

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