Forced Migration and Mental Health (eBook)
X, 218 Seiten
Springer US (Verlag)
978-0-387-22693-4 (ISBN)
Although forced migration is not new in human history it has become, in our time, one of the world's major problems. In the last few decades, armed conflict and political unrest have created vast numbers of asylum seekers, refugees and displaced persons. This has led, in turn to increasing involvement of professional care workers and agencies, both governmental and nongovernmental. While there is no doubt on the part of helping parties that care is necessary, there is considerable debate about the kind of care that is needed. This book presents a critical review of mental health care provisions for people who have had to leave their homeland, and explores the controversies surrounding this topic. Providing fresh perspectives on an age old problem, this book covers humanitarian aid and reconstruction programs as well as service provision in host countries. It is of interest to all those who provide health services, create policy, and initiate legislation for these populations.
David Ingleby is Professor of Intercultural Psychology at Utrecht University. After working for the Medical Research Council in London and teaching in Social and Political Sciences at Cambridge University, he moved to Holland in 1982 to take up a chair in Developmental Psychology. Since 1991 he has concentrated on issues of migration and culture and was awarded his present chair in 1999. Together with Charles Watters he teaches in the European MA network on 'Migration, Mental Health and Social Care'. He has a lifelong interest in the social dimension of psychology and in interdisciplinary research and practice.
Although forced migration is not new in human history it has become, in our time, one of the world's major problems. In the last few decades, armed conflict and political unrest have created vast numbers of asylum seekers, refugees and displaced persons. This has led, in turn to increasing involvement of professional care workers and agencies, both governmental and nongovernmental. While there is no doubt on the part of helping parties that care is necessary, there is considerable debate about the kind of care that is needed. This book presents a critical review of mental health care provisions for people who have had to leave their homeland, and explores the controversies surrounding this topic. Providing fresh perspectives on an age old problem, this book covers humanitarian aid and reconstruction programs as well as service provision in host countries. It is of interest to all those who provide health services, create policy, and initiate legislation for these populations.
David Ingleby is Professor of Intercultural Psychology at Utrecht University. After working for the Medical Research Council in London and teaching in Social and Political Sciences at Cambridge University, he moved to Holland in 1982 to take up a chair in Developmental Psychology. Since 1991 he has concentrated on issues of migration and culture and was awarded his present chair in 1999. Together with Charles Watters he teaches in the European MA network on ‘Migration, Mental Health and Social Care’. He has a lifelong interest in the social dimension of psychology and in interdisciplinary research and practice.
Contributors 6
Contents 9
1. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION 11
2. FROM TRAUMA TO SURVIVAL AND ADAPTATION: Towards a framework for guiding mental health initiatives in post- conflict societies 38
EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN RELIEF, RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT 39
MODELS OF MENTAL HEALTH 41
A PROPOSED SURVIVAL AND ADAPTATIONAL FRAMEWORK 49
CONCLUSIONS 56
3. TRANSFORMING LOCAL AND GLOBAL DISCOURSES: Reassessing the PTSD movement in Bosnia and Croatia 61
4. TRAUMATIC STRESS IN CONTEXT A study of unaccompanied minors from Southern Sudan 75
5. MEETING THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH FIGHTING FORCES Some lessons from Sierra Leone 89
6. “ MY WHOLE BODY IS SICK ... MY LIFE IS NOT GOOD” A Rwandan asylum seeker attends a psychiatric clinic in London 105
7. MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN IN EXILE 123
8. GETTING CLOSER Methods of research with refugees and asylum seekers 137
9. KURDISH WOMEN REFUGEES Obstacles and opportunities 157
10. BEYOND THE PERSONAL PAIN: Integrating social and political concerns in therapy with refugees 177
11. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE UK Lessons from transcultural psychiatry 191
12. MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES A comparative study 201
AUTHOR INDEX 221
SUBJECT INDEX 225
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 27.1.2006 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | International and Cultural Psychology | International and Cultural Psychology |
| Zusatzinfo | X, 218 p. |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie | |
| Schlagworte | Asylum • asylum seekers • Migration • Psychiatry • Refugees • Trauma |
| ISBN-10 | 0-387-22693-1 / 0387226931 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-387-22693-4 / 9780387226934 |
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