Thematic Focus: Mental Health

News:

Calls have been made recently for the evacuation of asylum-seekers and refugees from Nauru due to their deteriorating mental health; the situation for young children has been especially dire. For more information, see:

• MSF Calls for the Immediate Evacuation of All Refugees on Nauru (Médecins Sans Frontières, 11 Oct. 2018) [text]
• "Doctors Trying to Help Suicidal Asylum Seekers in Nauru Have Been Banned from Treating Them," Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2018 [text]
• "Why MSF Had to Stop Offering Mental Health Care to Refugees in Nauru," NPR, 12 Oct. 2018 [text]
• UNHCR Urges Australia to Evacuate Off-shore Facilities as Health Situation Deteriorates (UNHCR, 12 Oct. 2018) [text]
• "Almost 6,000 Doctors Sign Letter to PM Demanding Children be Taken off Nauru," The Guardian, 14 Oct. 2018 [text]
• "Morrison Government Transfers Refugees to Australia from Nauru Amid Internal Pressure," Sydney Morning Herald, 17 Oct. 2018 [text]

Publications:

Addressing the Intergenerational Mental Health Needs of Refugee Families with Young Children, Webinar, 24 Sept. 2018 [info]
- Follow link for audio.

"'Better to Drown': A Greek Refugee Camp’s Epidemic of Misery," New York Times, 2 Oct. 2018 [text]

"Changes in Post-Migration Living Difficulties Predict Treatment Outcome in Traumatized Refugees," Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9 Oct. 2018 [open access]

Culture, Context and Mental Health of Rohingya Refugees: A Review for Staff in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Programmes for Rohingya Refugees (UNHCR, 2018) [text]

Improving Mental Health Care in Humanitarian Crises, London, 5 July 2018 [info]
- Follow link for audio and video.

An Invisible Crisis: Exploring Mental Health needs in the Syrian and Iraqi Crises; Médecins du Monde Response and Challenges Ahead (Médecins du Monde, Oct. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Mental Health and Psychosocial Problems among Conflict-affected Children in Kachin State, Myanmar: A Qualitative Study," Conflict and Health, 12: 39 (Sept. 2018) [open access]

Mental Health in Displacement: A Widespread Yet Largely Overlooked Crisis (Border Criminologies Blog, Oct. 2018) [text]

"Psychiatric Disorders in Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons after Forced Displacement," Frontiers in Psychiatry, 21 Sept. 2018 [open access]

"Recently Resettled Refugee Women-at-risk in Australia Evidence High Levels of Psychiatric Symptoms: Individual, Trauma and Post-migration Factors Predict Outcomes," BMC Medicine, 16:149 [open access]
- See also related Psychology Today blog post.

Unprotected, Unsupported, Uncertain: Recommendations to Improve the Mental Health of Asylum Seekers on Lesvos ( International Rescue Committee, Sept. 2018) [text]

“Utilization of Mental Healthcare Services among Refugees: Past, Present and Future,” Journal of Public Health Issues and Practices, 26 March 2018 [open access]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health - Pt. 1 (17 Sept. 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health - Pt. 2 (Children) (17 Sept. 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health - Pt. 3 (Legal/asylum context) (17 Sept. 2018)

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