Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Short pieces:

Academics as Refugee Policy Advocates in Australia (Asylum Insight, June 2024) [text]

Between hardship and hope: The journey of the displaced Rohingya population and their hosts in Bangladesh (End Poverty in South Asia Blog, June 2024) [text]

Grassroots sport can help refugees find their feet in Australia – Brisbane’s Olympic planners need to lead the way too (The Conversation, June 2024) [text]

‘Offshore processing’ in Australia (Externalizing Asylum, June 2024) [text]

The Role of Religious Actors in Refugee Response: A Key, yet Overlooked, Piece of the Puzzle (RLI Blog, June 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

*UNHCR hails local and regional support for IDP bills (UNHCR, June 2024) [text]

UNHCR lauds Philippine Government launch of 1st National Refugee Day commemoration (UNHCR, June 2024) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Boundary-Making and Political Activism in Protracted Exile: Second-Generation Tibetan Refugees in India," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 20 April 2023 [open access]

Convention Refugees in New Zealand: Being Trapped in Immigration Limbo Without the Right to Obtain a Visa (International Justice Advocates Limited, Feb. 2024) [text]

Disasters, vol. 48, no. S1 (July 2024) [contents]

- Special issue on "Local knowledge as the basis of disaster management and humanitarian assistance," with a focus on China, Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Six articles are open access.

"Interpersonal Therapy for Refugees in Malaysia," Chapter in Interpersonal Psychotherapy: A Global Reach (Oxford Univ. Press, May 2024) [open access]

Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, no. 38 (2024) [full-text]

- Special issue on "Health, Border, and Marginality: Toward Transdisciplinarity?"

"Local community responses to Kurdish asylum seekers in Japan," Routed Magazine (May 2024) [full-text]

"The Potential Refugee Status of the Rohingya in Bangladesh under International Refugee Law," Kent Law Review, vol. 8, no. 1 (2024) [abstract] [open access text]

"Protecting National Sovereignty: The ‘Australian Model’ and the Exclusion of Asylum Seekers," Sociology, OnlineFirst, 16 June 2024 [open access]

"The spectres of coloniality that haunt the Rohingya struggle for belonging," Routed Magazine (May 2024) [full-text]

"Still a Negative Case? Japan’s Changing Refugee Policy in the Face of New Geopolitical Challenges," Asia-Pacific Journal, vol. 22, no. 6 (June 2024) [open access]

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Related post:
- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (11 June 2024)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Opportunities:

Job announcement: PhD Research Fellow, BEYOND Project, Univ. of Oslo [info]

- "The candidate will play a lead role in the in-depth study of Bangladesh, and will undertake both desk-based and field-based research, in particular legal doctrinal research, empirical legal research (qualitative) in Bangladesh and at UN institutions in Geneva, and archival research (as appropriate)." Apply by 1 September 2021.

Call for registration: Forced displacement and urban management virtual conference, 7-9 September 2021 [info]

- Organized by the Resilience Development Initiative Urban Refugee Research Group (RDI UREF) and the Indonesian Civil Society Association for Refugee Rights Protection (SUAKA).

Blog posts & press:

"Growing Violence in Afghanistan Takes a Toll on Afghan Refugees in Pakistan," The Diplomat, 3 July 2021 [text]

Journal’s special issue assesses progress made and yet to be made since Andaman Sea crisis (Kaldor Centre, July 2021) [text]

- Follow link to access various resources. 

Nassim Majidi on telling the stories of Afghans on the migration trail to Europe (openDemocracy, June 2021) [text]

Right to Life Encompasses Non-refoulement: Indian High Court Advances Refugee Policy (Jurist, June 2021) [text]

Rohingya Refugees Facing Medical Crisis on Bhasan Char (Human Rights Watch, June 2021) [text]

The Second COVID-19 Wave in Nepal and Nepali Migrants (MPC Blog, July 2021) [text]

"Study: 'Experiences and Perspectives of Deported Afghans in the Context of Current Political and Economic Developments in Afghanistan'," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 11 June 2021 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Dead papers: migrant ‘illegality’, city brokers, and the dilemma of exit for unauthorised African migrants in Delhi," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 29 June 2021 [open access]

- This "article considers ‘new’ entanglements between migrants and city actors as integral to a conceptualisation of exit practices for unauthorised migrants, beyond binary oppositions of forced/voluntary movement."

"High-density Population and Displacement in Bangladesh," Science, vol. 372, no. 6548 (June 2021) [ICCCAD]

"Migration Management and Safe Migration along the Indonesia-Malaysia Corridor," Chapter in Dignity in Movement: Borders, Bodies and Rights (E-International Relations, 2021) [open access]

"A Naturalistic Evaluation of Group Integrative Adapt Therapy (IAT-G) with Rohingya Refugees During the Emergency Phase of a Mass Humanitarian Crisis in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh," EClinicalMedicine, OnlineFirst, 11 June 2021 [open access]

*"The non-ratification of the 1951 Convention on Refugees: An Indian Paradoxical Approach to Human Rights," Revue québécoise de droit international (Juin 2021) [full-text]

A perilous journey: protection risks facing Rohingya en route to Malaysia (Mixed Migration Centre, July 2021) [text]

Strengthening engagement between faith leaders and humanitarian actors: a case study from Bangladesh (UNHCR, March 2021) [text]

"A Whole-of-Society Approach to the Rohingya Refugee Crisis: Strengthening Local Protection Capacity in South and South-East Asia," Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law, vol. 22, no. 1 (June 2021) [abstract]

Multimedia:

The experience of refugees and migrants in host countries in Southeast Asia: Findings from research in Malaysia and Indonesia, 27 May 2021 [access]

Trust: a precondition for protection and durable solutions, 19 May 2021 [access]

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Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1 (22 June 2021)

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 2 (22 June 2021)

CFPs/New Issues of Daedalus, IJMBS, IJMHSC, IMR, Intervention, JEMS, JIMI, JIRS, Migr. Stud., Nordic J. Migr. Res., Refuge, Rts. in Exile

CFPs:

AILA Law Journal [info]

- Contributions sought for the Fall 2021 edition. Submission deadline is 1 June 2021.

International Journal of Migration and Border Studies [info]

- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Comparative Migration Law: Methods, Debates and New Frontiers." Submit manuscripts by 1 June 2021.

Forced Migration Review [info]

- Contributions sought for a themed issue on "Externalisation." Submission deadline is 7 June 2021.

New issues:

Daedalus: Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (Spring 2021) [full-text]

- Special issue on "Immigration, Nativism & Race in the United States."

International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, vol. 6, no. 4 (2020) [contents]

- Mix of articles.

*International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 17, no. 1 (2021) [contents]

- Mix of articles.

*International Migration Review, vol. 55, no. 1 (2021) [contents]

- Includes thematic sub-sections on "Immigrant Integration, Civic Engagement, and Institutions," "Immigration Enforcement, Securitization, and Social Dynamics" and "Migration Across Time: Settlement, Mobility, and Family." Three articles are open access.

Intervention Journal, vol. 19, no. 1 (Jan.-June 2021) [open access]

- Features a special section on Problem Management Plus (PM+), "an innovative, fast, cost-effective, transdiagnostic, evidence-based, psychological intervention that aims to improve mental health, functioning and psychosocial wellbeing of adults impaired in communities exposed to adversity."

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 47, no. 7 (2021) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with four that are open access and one that is free full-text.

Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 19, no. 2 (2021) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with one that is open access.

Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 22, no. 1 (March 2021) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with two that are open access.

Migration Studies, vol. 9, no. 1 (March 2021) [contents]

- Mix of articles, as well as two articles included in a Colloquium on Climate and Migration. One article is open and another is free full-text.

Nordic Journal of Migration Research, vol. 11, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

- Mix of articles and book reviews.

Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, vol. 37, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

- General issue with six articles, four book reviews and one film review.

Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 122 (April 2021) [text]

- News and information for refugee legal aid providers.

*Reminder: Postprints of articles published in the journals marked with an asterisk can be archived/deposited immediately after publication! Please refer to this earlier blog post for more information.

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Mental Health

Blog posts & press:

"Majority of Mental Health Problems in Conflict Zones and Other Emergencies Go Untreated: Survey," VOA News, 10 Oct. 2019 [text]

Understanding the Mental Health Needs of Refugees (Psychology Today Blog, March 2020) [text]

Conference report:

International Conference on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Crisis Situations, Amsterdam, 7-8 October 2019 [info]
- Follow link for background documents, video, news and photos.

Journal articles:

"Delivering Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Interventions to Women and Children in Conflict Settings: A Systematic Review," BMJ Global Health, vol. 5, no. 3 (March 2020) [open access]

European Journal of Social Psychology, vol. 49, no. 7 (Dec. 2019) [contents]
- Special issue on "The Social Psychology of Forced Migration and Refugee Integration." Includes four open access articles.

"Guided Self-help to Reduce Psychological Distress in South Sudanese Female Refugees in Uganda: A Cluster Randomised Trial," The Lancet Global Health, vol. 8, no. 2 (Feb. 2020) [open access]
- See also related WHO news story.

"Mental Health of Resettled Refugee Women: What is Needed to Achieve the United Nations’ Goal of Sustainability," Research topic in Frontiers in... journals [open access]
- Follow link for four articles.

"Psychological First Aid through the 'SIX Cs Model': An Intervention with Migrants on the Move," Intervention Journal, Ahead of Print, 2019 [open access]

"Psychological Measurement in Populations Impacted by Humanitarian Disasters," Special collection in Conflict and Health [open access]
- Read the introduction for more information. Six articles included.

"A Scoping Review and Conceptual Model of Social Participation and Mental Health among Refugees and Asylum Seekers," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 16, no. 20 (Oct. 2019) [open access]

"Traumatic Experiences and Mental Health Risk for Refugees," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 17, no. 6 (March 2020) [open access]

"World Mental Health Day Virtual Issue," Disasters [access]
- Features 11 articles organized under the following sub-sections: "Aid Workers," "Civilians," and "Mental Health Policy and Interventions." Articles in this issue will be free until the end of April 2020.

"Utilization of Mobile Mental Health Services among Syrian Refugees and Other Vulnerable Arab Populations: A Systematic Review," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 17, no. 4 (Feb. 2020) [open access]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health - Pt. 1 (3 Oct. 2019)
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health - Pt. 2 (Australia) (3 Oct. 2019)

News: Two New Virtual Issues

The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) has published two virtual journal issues, one on mental health and the other on technology.

The "Technology Virtual Issue" links to 11 articles from both Development Policy Review and Disasters. Here is part of the description:

"As ODI’s Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) embark on a major research project looking at the links between technology and inclusion in humanitarian contexts, this collection reviews key papers from both humanitarian and development research, revealing a number of important themes (HPG, 2019). Each of these contributions explores the increasing presence of technology in disaster response and development interventions, highlighting the added value of such technologies in humanitarian response and positioning them against long-standing and evolving risks and concerns."

The "World Mental Health Day Virtual Issue" features 11 articles from Disasters, organized under the following sub-sections: "Aid Workers," "Civilians," and "Mental Health Policy and Interventions."

Articles included in both of these issues will be freely available until the end of April 2020.

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Mental Health - Pt. 2 (Australia)

"Barriers to Mental Health Help-Seeking amongst Refugee Men," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 16, no. 15 (July 2019) [open access]

"Determinants of Mental Illness among Humanitarian Migrants: Longitudinal Analysis of Findings from the First Three Waves of a Large Cohort Study," Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2 Aug. 2019 [open access]

Human Breakdown, in 28 Notes (Kaldor Centre, Sept. 2019) [text]
- Focuses on Australia's offshore detention regime.

"Implementing Innovative Evidence-based Perinatal Mental Health Screening for Women of Refugee Background," Women and Birth, In Press, 8 June 2019 [open access]

"Improving Mental Health in Pregnancy for Refugee Women: Protocol for the Implementation and Evaluation of a Screening Program in Melbourne, Australia," JMIR Research Protocols, vol. 8, no. 8 (Aug. 2019) [open access]

"Investigating the Relationship Between Distinctive Patterns of Emotion Regulation, Trauma Exposure and Psychopathology among Refugees Resettled in Australia: A Latent Class Analysis," European Journal of Psychotraumatology, vol. 10, no. 1 (Sept. 2019) [open access]

"Mental Health and Deprivation of Liberty: Experience Report as a Psychiatrist in a Refugee Detention Center," Saúde em Debate, vol. 43, no. 121 (April/June 2019) [open access]
- Focuses on Nauru.

"A Population Study of Prolonged Grief in Refugees," Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, First View, 19 Aug. 2019 [open access]

"'Tell Your Story': A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Online Intervention to Reduce Mental Health Stigma and Increase Help-seeking in Refugee Men with Posttraumatic Stress," Psychological Medicine, First View, 11 April 2019 [free full-text]
- See also related UNSW news release.

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health - Pt. 1 (3 Oct. 2019)
- Regional Focus: Australia (22 July 2019) [includes health-related section]

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Mental Health - Pt. 1

Blog posts & media:

An Invisible Burden: The Human Right to Mental Health for Refugees in the Horn of Africa (IRRI Blog, Oct. 2019) [text]

Mental Health: The Lasting Scars of Crisis (The New Humanitarian, July 2019) [access]
- Round-up of TNH reporting on mental health issues.

Resource:

Manual on Community-based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergencies and Displacement (IOM, Sept. 2019) [access]

Reports & journal articles:

"Acculturation and Mental Health among Adult Forced Migrants: A Meta-narrative Systematic Review Protocol," Systematic Reviews, 8:184 (July 2019) [open access]

"Community Gardens and Wellbeing amongst Vulnerable Populations: A Thematic Review," Health Promotion International, Advance Articles, 1 Aug. 2019 [ResearchGate]

*"Identifying the Critical Time Points for Mental Health of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in High-income Countries," Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, First View,  2 Oct. 2019 [open access]

"In Island Containment: A Qualitative Exploration of Social Support Systems among Asylum Seekers in a Mental Health Care Programme on Lesvos Island, Greece," Conflict and Health, 13:34 (July 2019) [open access]

"Mental Health of Refugees and Torture Survivors: A Critical Review of Prevalence, Predictors, and Integrated Care," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 16, no. 13 (June 2019) [open access]

"Mental Health Care Utilisation and Access among Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Europe: A Systematic Review," Health Policy, vol. 123, no. 9 (Sept. 2019) [open access]

"New WHO Prevalence Estimates of Mental Disorders in Conflict Settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis," The Lancet, vol. 394, no. 10194 (July 2019) [open access]

"Psychotherapy in Jordan: An Investigation of the Host and Syrian Refugee Community’s Perspectives," Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13 Aug. 2019 [open access]

"Risk of Childhood Psychiatric Disorders in Children of Refugee Parents with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder," The Lancet Public Health, vol. 4, no. 7 (July 2019) [open access]
- Focuses on Denmark.

Road to Recovery: Responding to Children's Mental Health in Conflict (Save the Children, Sept. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

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Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health - Pt. 1 (28 May 2019)
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health - Pt. 2 (28 May 2019)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Mental Health - Pt. 2

28 Days: The Impact of the ‘Move On’ Period for Refugee Mental Health (Border Criminologies Blog, May 2019) [text]
- Focuses on the UK.

"Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Self-Help Plus (SH+) for Preventing Mental Disorders in Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Europe and Turkey: Study Protocols for Two Randomised Controlled Trials," BMJ Open, 9:e030259 (May 2019) [open access]

"The Effectiveness of Narrative Exposure Therapy: A Review, Meta-analysis and Meta-regression Analysis," European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 10(1): 1550344 (March 2019) [open access]

"Implementation of a Sequential Screening Process for Depression in Humanitarian Crises: A Validation Study of the Patient Health Questionnaire in Syrian Refugees," The Lancet Global Health, vol. 7, suppl. 1 (March 2019) [open access]
- Focuses on Syrians in Greece.

"Prevalence of Prolonged Grief Disorder in a Sample of Female Refugees," BMC Psychiatry, 19:148 (May 2019) [open access]
- Focuses on refugees in Germany.

"Prevention of Psychological Distress and Promotion of Resilience amongst Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in Resettlement Countries," Child: Care, Health and Development, vol. 45, no. 2 (March 2019) [abstract]
- See also related Imperial College London news story.

"Prolonged Periods of Waiting for an Asylum Decision and the Risk of Psychiatric Diagnoses: A 22-year Longitudinal Cohort Study from Denmark," International Journal of Epidemiology, Advance Articles, 22 May 2019 [open access]

Providing Individual Psychological Treatment to Syrian Refugee Children with Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA): First Impressions from Field Staff (ELRHA Project Blog, April 2019) [text]

"Screening for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Refugees: Comparison of the Diagnostic Efficiency of Two Self‐Rating Measures of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder," Journal of Traumatic Stress, vol. 32, no. 1 (Feb. 2019) [free full-text]
- Focuses on refugees in Germany.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health - Pt. 1 (28 May 2019)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Mental Health - Pt. 1

"Capturing the Essential: Revising the Mental Health Categories in UNHCR’s Refugee Health Information System,"  Intervention: Journal of Mental Health & Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas, Ahead of Print, 2019 [open access]

"The Culture, Mental Health and Psychosocial Wellbeing of Rohingya Refugees: A Systematic Review," Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, First View, 22 April 2019 [free full-text]

"Efficacy of Telepsychiatry in Refugee Populations: A Systematic Review of the Evidence," Cureus, 11(1): e3984 (Jan. 2019) [open access]

"Emotional Reactivity, Emotion Regulation Capacity, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Traumatized Refugees: An Experimental Investigation," Journal of Traumatic Stress, vol. 32, no. 1 (Feb. 2019) [free full-text]
- Focuses on refugees in Australia.

"From Trauma to Hope: Supporting the Mental Health of Refugees," The Guardian, 20 May 2019 [text]

"Gender Disparities and Psychological Distress among Humanitarian Migrants in Australia: A Moderating Role of Migration Pathway?," Conflict and Health, 13:13 (April 2019) [open access]

Intervention: Journal of Mental Health & Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas, vol. 16, no. 3 (Sept.-Dec. 2018) [open access]
- Special issue on "Mental health and psychosocial support in Afghanistan."

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Lóvua Settlement (UNHCR et al., May 2019) [text]

"Therapeutic Services for People from Refugee Backgrounds," Psychology Today, 15 March 2019 [text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Children - Pt. 2 (Health) (17 April 2019)
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health (7 March 2019)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Children - Pt. 2 (Health)

Health-related:

"A Cash-based Intervention and the Risk of Acute Malnutrition in Children Aged 6-59 Months Living in Internally Displaced Persons Camps in Mogadishu, Somalia: A Non-randomised Cluster Trial," PLoS Medicine 15(10): e1002684 (Oct. 2018) [open access]

*"For Refugee Children, Reading Helps Heal Trauma," New York Times, 17 April 2019 [text]

"Health Examinations of Child Migrants in Europe: Screening or Assessment of Healthcare Needs?," BMJ Paediatrics Open, vol. 3, no. 1 (March 2019) [open access]

Immigrant Children’s Health Declines Rapidly after Arrival in Canada (The Conversation, April 2019) [text]

Mitigating the Effects of Trauma among Young Children of Immigrants and Refugees: The Role of Early Childhood Programs (Migration Policy Institute, April 2019) [text]
- Listen also to related webinar recording.

"Practitioner Review: Mental Health Problems of Refugee Children and Adolescents and Their Management," Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Early View, 13 Dec. 2018 [postprint]
- Note: Access to this text is embargoed until 13 Dec. 2019.

"Trauma-focused Group Intervention for Unaccompanied Young Refugees: 'Mein Weg'—Predictors of Treatment Outcomes and Sustainability of Treatment Effects," Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 13:18 (April 2019) [open access]

*UPDATED

 Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Children - Pt. 1 (17 April 2019)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Mental Health

Events & opportunities:

CFP: Journal of International Humanitarian Action [info]
- Contributions sought for "Special Collection on the topic of Psychosocial Elements of Humanitarian Action." No deadline indicated.

2nd Australia and New Zealand Refugee Trauma Recovery in Resettlement Conference, Brisbane, 27-29 March 2019 [info]

Publications:

Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, vol. 15, no. 3 (Sept. 2018) [free full-text]
- Special issue on "Trauma, Flight and Migration."

"Assessing the Impact of Artistic and Cultural Activities on the Health and Well-being of Forcibly Displaced People Using Participatory Action Research," BMJ Open, vol. 9, no. 2 (Feb. 2019) [open access]

"Beyond PTSD and Fear-Based Conditioning: Anger-Related Responses Following Experiences of Forced Migration: A Systematic Review," Frontiers in Psychology, 19 Dec. 2018 [open access]

"Efficacy and Acceptability of Psychosocial Interventions in Asylum Seekers and Refugees: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis," Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, First View, 11 Feb. 2019 [open access]

"'Hiding their troubles': A Qualitative Exploration of Suicide in Bhutanese Refugees in the USA," Global Mental Health, vol. 6, e1 (Jan. 2019) [open access]

"The Impact of Immigration Detention on Mental Health: A Systematic Review," BMC Psychiatry, 18:382 (Dec. 2018) [open access]

"Interpreter-mediated Psychotherapy with Trauma-affected Refugees: A Retrospective Cohort Study," Psychiatry Research, vol. 271 (Jan. 2019) [free full-text]

"Lack of Evidence for the Efficacy of Psychotherapies for PTSD and Depression in Child and Adolescent Refugees," World Psychiatry, vol. 18, no. 1 (Feb. 2019) [free full-text]

Mental Health Promotion and Mental Health Care in Refugees and Migrants: Policy Brief (WHO Europe, Dec. 2018) [text]

Mental Health Promotion and Mental Health Care in Refugees and Migrants: Technical Guidance (WHO Europe, Dec. 2018) [text]

"Thematic Analysis of Aid Workers’ Stressors and Coping Strategies: Work, Psychological, Lifestyle and Social Dimensions," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 3:19 (Dec. 2018) [open access]

*Une Fuite Sans Fin: Soins en Santé Mentale au Hub Humanitaire de Bruxelles (MSF, Feb. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related ECRE Weekly Bulletin article.

"Working Conditions, Mental Health and Coping of Staff in Social Work with Refugees and Homeless Individuals: A Scoping Review," Health and Social Care in the Community, Early View, 1 March 2019 [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health (10 Dec. 2018)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Thematic Focus: Mental Health

"The Assessment of Grief in Refugees and Post-conflict Survivors: A Narrative Review of Etic and Emic Research," Frontiers in Psychology, 22 Oct. 2018 [open access]

"An Ecological Approach to Psychological Adjustment: A Field Survey among Refugees in Germany," International Journal of Intercultural Relations, vol. 68 (Jan. 2019) [free full-text]

"Enablers of Psychological Well‐being for Refugees and Asylum Seekers Living in Transitional Countries: A Systematic Review," Health and Social Care in the Community, Early View, 11 Nov. 2018 [open access]

"Exploring Risk Factors Affecting the Mental Health of Refugee Women Living with HIV," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 15, no. 10 (Oct. 2018) [open access]

How to Develop the Mental Health Care That Refugees Really Need (The Conversation, Dec. 2018) [text]

Human Devastation Syndrome: The Impact of Conflict on Mental Health (Syrian American Medical Society Foundation, Nov. 2018) [text]
- See also related update on SAMS psychosocial work.

Indefinite Despair: The Tragic Mental Health Consequences of Offshore Processing on Nauru (MSF, Dec. 2018) [text]
- See also related press release.

"Mental Health Outcomes among Arab Refugees, Immigrants, and U.S. Born Arab Americans in Southeast Michigan: A Cross-sectional Study," BMC Psychiatry, 18:379 (Dec. 2018) [open access]

Mental Health Promotion and Mental Health Care in Refugees and Migrants: Technical Guidance (WHO Europe, 2018) [text]

"Modeling the Effects of War Exposure and Daily Stressors on Maternal Mental Health, Parenting, and Child Psychosocial Adjustment: A Cross-sectional Study with Syrian Refugees in Lebanon," Global Mental Health, vol. 5: e40 (Dec. 2018) [open access]

"Psychological and Psychosocial Interventions for Refugee Children Resettled in High-income Countries," Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, vol. 27, no. 2 (April 2018) [free full-text]

"Psychological Burden in Female, Iraqi Refugees Who Suffered Extreme Violence by the 'Islamic State': The Perspective of Care Providers," Frontiers in Psychiatry, 8 Nov. 2018 [open access]

"Psychotherapeutic Group Intervention for Traumatized Male Refugees Using Imaginative Stabilization Techniques: A Pilot Study in a German Reception Center," Frontiers in Psychiatry, 29 Oct. 2018 [open access]

Refugees' Experiences of Grieving (Open University, Dec. 2018) [text]

"Regulatory Focus, Coping Strategies and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression: A Comparison Between Syrian Refugees in Turkey and Germany," PLoS ONE 13(10): e0206522 (Oct. 2018) [open access]

"Trauma without Borders: The Necessity for School-based Interventions in Treating Unaccompanied Refugee Minors," Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, vol. 35, no. 6 (Dec. 2018) [open access]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health (21 Oct. 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: Australia

Event:

Workshop: The Future of Refugee Litigation: What Role Can Academic Research Play?, Sydney, 13-14 November 2018 [info]
- Register by 13 November 2018.

Update on Nauru situation:

Most refugee children have now been removed from Nauru and are receiving medical treatment in Australia. For background on this situation, read this factsheet from the Refugee Council of Australia.

"All Refugee Children to Be Removed from Nauru by Year's End, Brandis Confirms," The Guardian, 31 Oct. 2018 [text]

As Children are Airlifted from Nauru, a Cruel and Inhumane Policy May Finally Be Ending (The Conversation, Oct. 2018) [text]

"Children Will Be Brought to Australia from Nauru, But They Won't Be Allowed to Stay," CNN, 1 Nov. 2018 [text]

"How Australia Finally Started to Care about Asylum Seekers and Refugees on Nauru," The Guardian, 27 Oct. 2018 [text]

"More Nauru Children Moved to Australia as Fresh Bid for New Zealand Solution Rejected," Sydney Morning Herald, 2 Nov. 2018 [text]

"The Nauru Experience: Zero-Tolerance Immigration and Suicidal Children," New York Times, 5 Nov. 2018 [text]

Never Too Late to Get the Kids off Nauru (The Interpreter Blog, Oct. 2018) [text]

UNHCR Appeals to Australia to Act and Save Lives at Immediate Risk (UNHCR, Oct. 2018) [text]

Publications:

"Australia’s Cambodia Refugee Deal is Dead," VOA News, 1 Nov. 2018 [text]

"Australia's Immigration Policy Violates United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child," Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, vol. 54, no. 8 (Aug. 2018) [free full-text]

"Being a Father in My New Society: A Qualitative Study of the Fathering Experiences of Men from Refugee Backgrounds Resettled in Australia," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 22 Aug. 2018 [abstract]
- See also related dissertation.

A Changing Australia: How Migration is Shaping Our Nation (Scanlon Institute, Sept. 2018) [text]

"Narratives of Crisis Migration and the Power of Visual Culture," Chapter 35 in Oxford Handbook of Migration Crises (Oxford University Press, Oct. 2018) [ResearchGate]

Operation Sovereign Borders and Offshore Processing Statistics (Refugee Council of Australia, Nov. 2018) [text]

An Unnecessary Penalty: Economic Impacts of Changes to the Status Resolution Support Services (Refugee Council of Australia, Nov. 2018) [text]

View from The Hill: Scott Morrison Eases Refugee policy While Talking Tough (The Conversation, Oct. 2018) [text]

"Why Labor Should Break the Refugee Deadlock," Inside Story, 25 Oct. 2018 [text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health (21 Oct. 2018)
- Regional Focus: Australia (24 Sept. 2018)

Tagged Publications.

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)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Mental Health - Pt. 2 (Children)

Addressing the Intergenerational Mental Health Needs of Refugee Families with Young Children, Webinar, 13 Sept. 2018 [info]
- Watch for audio.

"Childhood Trauma and the Enduring Consequences of Forcibly Separating Children from Parents at the United States Border," BMC Medicine, 16:146 (22 Aug. 2018) [open access]

"An Evaluation of a Common Elements Treatment Approach for Youth in Somali Refugee Camps," Global Mental Health, vol. 5 (2018) [open access]

"Gender Differences in the Mental Health of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in Europe: A Systematic Review," BMJ Open, 8:e022389 [open access]

"How Gender- and Violence-related Norms Affect Self-esteem among Adolescent Refugee Girls Living in Ethiopia," Global Mental Health, vol. 5 (2018) [open access]

"The Impact of an Exercise Training Intervention on Cortisol Levels and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Juveniles from an Ugandan Refugee Settlement: Study Protocol for a Randomized Control Trial," Trials, 19:364 (July 2018) [open access]

"Prevalence of Mental Disorders in Young Refugees and Asylum Seekers in European Countries: A Systematic Review," European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, OnlineFirst, 27 Aug. 2018 [open access]

Young Children in Refugee Families and Early Childhood Programs: Ways to Mitigate the Effects of Trauma, Webinar, 29 Aug. 2018 [access]
- Follow link for audio.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health - Pt. 1 (17 Sept. 2018)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Mental Health - Pt. 1

"Assessing Trauma in a Transcultural Context: Challenges in Mental Health Care with Immigrants and Refugees," Public Health Reviews, 39:22 (Aug. 2018) [open access]

"Course of Mental Health in Refugees—A One Year Panel Survey," Frontiers in Psychiatry, 3 Aug. 2018 [open access]

"Differentiating ICD-11 Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder from Other Common Mental Disorders Based on Levels of Exposure to Childhood Adversities, the Traumas of Persecution and Postmigration Living Difficulties among Refugees from West Papua," BJPsych Open, vol. 4, no. 5 (Sept. 2018) [open access]

"'I prefer dying fast than dying slowly': How Institutional Abuse Worsens the Mental Health of Stranded Syrian, Afghan and Congolese Migrants on Lesbos Island Following the Implementation of EU-Turkey Deal," Conflict and Health, 12:38 (Sept. 2018) [open access]

In Rohingya Camps, Traditional Healers Fill a Gap in Helping Refugees Overcome Trauma (IRIN, July 2018) [text]

"A Life in Waiting: Refugees' Mental Health and Narratives of Social Suffering after European Union Border Closures in March 2016," Social Science & Medicine, vol. 215 (Oct. 2018) [open access]
- Focus is on Greece.

"Major Depressive Disorder Prevalence and Risk Factors among Syrian Asylum Seekers in Greece," BMC Public Health, 18:908 (July 2018) [open access]

"Mental Health Capacity Building in Refugee Primary Health Care Settings in Sub-Saharan Africa: Impact, Challenges and Gaps," Global Mental Health, vol. 5 (2018) [open access]

"The Mental Health of Asylum Seekers in Australia and the Role of Psychiatrists," BJPsych International, vol. 15, no. 3 (Aug. 2018) [open access]

"The Neural Dynamics of Deficient Memory Control in Heavily Traumatized Refugees," Scientific Reports, 8:13132 (Sept. 2018) [open access]
- See also related Univ. of Birmingham news story.

"Prevalence of Mental Distress among Syrian Refugees with Residence Permission in Germany: A Registry-Based Study, Frontiers in Psychiatry, 28 Aug. 2018 [open access]

"Self Help Plus: Study Protocol for a Cluster-randomised Controlled Trial of Guided Self-help with South Sudanese Refugee Women in Uganda," Global Mental Health, vol. 5 (2018) [open access]

"Syrian Adolescent Refugees: How Do They Cope during Their Stay in Refugee Camps?," Frontiers in Psychology, 20 July 2018 [open access]

"Syrian Refugees Living on the Edge: Policy and Practice Implications for Mental Health and Psychosocial Wellbeing," International Migration, Early View, 3 Sept. 2018 [free full-text]
- Focuses on Syrians in Turkey.

"Translation, Adaptation, and Pilot of a Guided Self-help Intervention to Reduce Psychological Distress in South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda," Global Mental Health, vol. 5 (2018) [open access]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health - Pt. 1 (8 July 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health - Pt. 2 (8 July 2018)

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Thematic Focus: Mental Health - Pt. 2

New issue:

Humanitarian Exchange, no. 72 (July 2018) [full-text]
- Focus of this issue is "Mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian crises."

Journal articles:

"Exploring Mental Health Status and Syndrome Patterns among Young Refugee Children in Germany," Frontiers in Psychiatry, 25 May 2018 [open access]

"An Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Group Intervention for Syrian Refugees with Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial," Frontiers in Psychology, 12 June 2018 [open access]

"The Increased Vulnerability of Refugee Population to Mental Health Disorders," Kansas Journal of Medicine, vol. 11, no. 1 (Feb. 2018) [full-text]

"The Mental Health Plight of Unaccompanied Asylum‐seeking Children in Detention," Journal of Advanced Nursing, Accepted Articles, 2 July 2018 [postprint]

"Prevalence of Psychiatric Diagnoses in Asylum Seekers with Follow-up," BMC Psychiatry, 18:206 (June 2018) [open access]

"The Psychotherapeutic Care of Refugees in Europe: Treatment Needs, Delivery Reality and Recommendations for Action," European Journal of Psychotraumatology, vol. 9, no. 1 (June 2018) [open access]

"Secondary Traumatization in Caregivers Working with Women and Children Who Suffered Extreme Violence by the 'Islamic State'," Frontiers in Psychiatry, 5 June 2018 [open access]

“Sexual Trauma and Post-traumatic Stress among African Female Refugees and Migrants in South Africa,” South African Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 24, no. a1208 (June 2018) [postprint]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health - Pt. 1 (8 July 2018)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Mental Health

"The Association between Social Support and the Mental Health of Social Workers and Police Officers Who Work with Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Refugee Children’s Forced Repatriation: A Swedish Experience," International Journal of Mental Health, vol. 47, no. 1 (2018) [ResearchGate]

Cause and Effect of PTSD in Asylum Applicants (ImmigrationProf Blog, May 2018) [text]

"Discrimination and Distress among Afghan Refugees in Northern California: The Moderating Role of Pre- and Post-migration Factors," PLoS ONE 13(5): e0196822 (May 2018) [open access]

"Does Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation of Tortured Refugees Represent ‘Value-for-money’? A Follow-up of a Danish Case-study," BMC Health Services Research, 18:365 (May 2018) [open access]
- See also related NPR story.

"The Effect of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder on Refugees' Parenting and Their Children's Mental Health: A Cohort Study," The Lancet Public Health, vol. 3, no. 5 (May 2018) [open access]
- See also related comment.

European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 27, no. 4 (April 2018) [contents]
- Focused issue on "Mental Health Issues in Refugees"; the two editorials are freely available and one article on an intervention for unaccompanied minors with PTSD in Sweden is open access.

"A Factor Analytic Investigation of DSM-5 PTSD Symptoms in a Culturally Diverse Sample of Refugees Resettled in Australia," Conflict and Health, 12:26 (May 2018) [open access]

"'In the Sport I Am Here': Therapeutic Processes and Health Effects of Sport and Exercise on PTSD," Qualitative Health Research, vol. 28, no. 3 (2018) [open access]

"Lack of Evidence for Psychotherapy for PTSD and Depression in Child and Adolescent Refugees: A Meta-analysis," World Psychiatry (Forthcoming) [preprint]

Looking After the Mental Health of Immigration Practitioners (Free Movement Blog, May 2018) [text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health Aspects of the Asylum Process (2 May 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health (2 May 2018)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities & Older People

"Bhutanese Older Adult Refugees Recently Resettled in the United States: A Better Life with Little Sorrows," Journal of Transcultural Nursing, vol. 29, no. 2 (2018) [free full-text]

"Can Disability Predict Treatment Outcome among Traumatized Refugees?," Torture Journal, vol. 27, no. 2 (2017) [open access]

"'Caught in a Generation Gap': A Generation Perspective on Refugees Getting Old in Denmark—A Qualitative Study," Journal of Transcultural Nursing, vol. 29, no. 2 (2018) [free full-text]

Collecting Data on Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Contexts, New York, 11-12 Dec. 2017 [text via ReliefWeb]
- Follow link for workshop report.

Disability Inclusion in Child Protection and Gender-Based Violence Programs - Guidance on Disability Inclusion for GBV Partners in Lebanon: Case Management of Survivors & At-risk Women, Children and Youth with Disabilities (Women's Refugee Commission & Unicef, Feb. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Disability Inclusive Humanitarian Response, Operational Practice Paper, no. 1 (IDS Humanitarian Learning Centre, Dec. 2017) [text]

Five Actions for Disability-Inclusive Disaster Risk Management (World Bank, April 201) [text via ReliefWeb]

Good Practice Guide: Embedding Inclusion of Older People and People with Disabilities in Humanitarian Policy and Practice (Oxford Brookes Univ., 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Immigration, Refugee Law, and Disability Rights (Human Rights Brief, March 2018) [text]

Missing Millions: How Older People with Disabilities are Excluded from Humanitarian Response (HelpAge International, April 2018) [access via ReliefWeb]
- Follow link for report and infographic.

The Right of People with Disabilities to Asylum and Protection from Deportation on the Grounds of Persecution or Torture Related to their Disability (Human Rights Brief, April 2018) [text]

"Special Section on Older Immigrants and Refugees," Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol. 61,  no. 4 (2018) [free full-text]
- Freely available introduction to special section.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities & Older People (22 March 2018)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Mental Health

"Are Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex-PTSD Distinguishable within a Treatment-seeking Sample of Syrian Refugees Living in Lebanon?," Global Mental Health, vol. 5:e14 (April 2018) [open access]

"Barriers to Mental Health Care Utilization among Internally Displaced Persons in the Republic of Georgia: A Rapid Appraisal Study," BMC Health Services Research, 18:306 (April 2018) [open access]

"Depression, Perceived Health, and Right‐of‐return Hopefulness of Palestinian Refugees," Journal of Nursing Scholarship, vol. 50, no, 2 ( March 2018) [free full-text]

"A Follow-up on Psychiatric Symptoms and Post Traumatic Stress Disorders in Tuareg Refugees in Burkina Faso," Frontiers in Psychiatry, vol. 9, art. 127 (April 2018) [open access]

"Lethal Hopelessness: Understanding and Responding to Asylum Seeker Distress and Mental Deterioration," International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, vol. 27, no. 1 (Feb. 2018) [free full-text]

Life in Limbo: MSF’s Psychosocial Support for Asylum Seekers in Sweden (MSF, April 2018) [text]

*"Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Associated Risk Factors: A cross-sectional study among Syrian refugees," British Journal of Medical Practitioners, vol. 11, no. 1 (2018) [open access]

"Reflections from the Lebanese Field: 'First, heal thyself'," Conflict and Health, 12:8 (Feb. 2018) [open access]

"Settling Ulysses: An Adapted Research Agenda for Refugee Mental Health," International Journal of Health Policy and Management, vol. 7, no. 4 (April 2018) [open access]

"Trauma and Depression among North Korean Refugees: The Mediating Effect of Negative Cognition," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(4) (March 2018) [open access]

Trust Me, I’m an Expert: ‘Dancing out of depression’ - How Syrian Refugees are Using Exercise to Improve Mental Health (The Conversation, April 2018) [access]
- Follow link for podcasts.

Why Journalists Covering the Refugee Crisis Face Moral Injury (Refugees Deeply, April 2018) [text]

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Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health (20 March 2018)

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