Refugees and Asylum Seekers

S. Megan Berthold, PhD, LCSW, is associate professor and director of field education at the University of Connecticut's School of Social Work. Kathryn R. Libal, PhD, is associate professor of social work and human rights and director of the Human Rights Institute at the University of Connecticut.

Foreword: Violence toward Immigrants as the "Other"
Richard F. Mollica
Chapter 1 Supporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers in an Era of Backlash: An Introduction
Kathryn R. Libal and S. Megan Berthold
Part 1 Legal and Social Policy Perspectives on Refugee and Asylum Seeker Systems
Chapter 2 Evolution of Refugee and Asylum Law in the United States
Karen Musalo
Chapter 3 Locked Up and Kicked Out: Detention and Deportation in the United States and the United Kingdom
Carol Bohmer and Amy Shuman
Chapter 4 Refugee Resettlement in the United States: The Central Role of Voluntarism in a Time of Backlash
Kathryn R. Libal, Grace Felten, and Scott Harding
Chapter 5 Migration Policies in Europe and the United States: Securitization, Safety, and the Paradox of Human Rights
Marciana Popescu
Part 2 Health and Well-Being of Refugees
Chapter 6 An Integrated Model of Interdisciplinary Care for Refugees
J. David Kinzie and Crystal Riley
Chapter 7 Refugee Resilience and Spirituality: Harnessing Social and Cultural Coping Strategies
Linda Piwowarczyk, Kathleen Flinton, and Fernando Ona
Chapter 8 Re-creating Family and Community Networks: Group Interventions with Forced Migrants
Adeyinka M. Akinsulure-Smith and Hawthorne E. Smith
Chapter 9 Child Migrants in the United States: Challenges to the Promotion of Their Rights and Best Interests
S. Megan Berthold and Alysse M. Loomis
Chapter 10 Promoting the Health and Well-Being of Child Migrants in the United States through Holistic Practice
Alysse M. Loomis and S. Megan Berthold
Part 3 Cultural Considerations and Refugee-Informed Perspectives
Chapter 11 Transcultural Mental Health Services for Refugees: Two Service Models from Montreal, Canada
Toby Measham, Jaswant Guzder, G. Eric Jarvis, Rayanne Elias, Cécile Rousseau, Lucie Nadeau, and Ghayda Hassan
Chapter 12 "We're Not Asking for Handouts!" Voices of Women Refugees from Africa on Rapid Economic Self-Sufficiency in the United States
Badiah Haffejee and Jean F. East
Chapter 13 Creative Arts Therapies with Refugees
Amber Elizabeth L. Gray
Chapter 14 Future Directions to Promote the Rights of Refugees and Asylum Seekers
S. Megan Berthold and Kathryn R. Libal
Index
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