Refuge and Resilience Promoting Resilience and Mental Health among Resettled Refugees and Forced Migrants
Taking an interdisciplinary approach and focusing on the social and psychological resources that promote resilience among forced migrants, this book presents theory and evidence about what keeps refugees healthy during resettlement. The book draws on contributions from cultural psychiatry, anthropo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2014, 2014
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014 |
| Series: | International Perspectives on Migration
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Preafce: Laurence Kirmayer
- 1: Editor’s Introduction: Laura Simich
- 2: What is resilience and how does it relate to the refugee experience? Historical and theoretical perspectives: Wade E. Pickren
- 3: Social determinants of refugee mental health: Farah N. Mawani
- 4: The debate about trauma and psychosocial treatment for refugees: Clare Pain, Pushpa Kanagaratnam, Donald Payne
- 5: Reflections on using a cultural psychiatry approach to assessing and fortifying refugee resilience in Canada: Lisa Andermann
- 6: Personal and social forms of resilience: Research with Southeast Asian and Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in Canada: Morton Beiser
- 7: Social support in refugee resettlement: Miriam Stewart
- 8: Newcomer youth self-esteem: A community-based mixed methods study of Afghan, Columbian, Sudanese and Tamil youth in Toronto, Canada: Nazilla Khanlou, Yogendra Shakya, Farah Islam, Emma Oudeh
- 9: Newcomer refugee youth as ‘resettlement champions’ for their families: Vulnerability, resilience and empowerment: Yogendra Shakya, Sepali Guruge, Michaela Hynie, Sheila Htoo, Arzo Akbari, Barinder Jandu, Rabea Murtaza, Megan Spasevski, Nahom Berhane and Jessica Forster
- 10: A social entrepreneurship framework for mental health equity: The program model of the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture: Sean A. Kidd, Kwame J. McKenzie, Mulegeta Abai
- 11: The role of settlement agencies in promoting refugee resilience: Biljana Vasilevska
- 12: Mental healthcare policy for refugees In Canada:Kwame McKenzie and Andrew Tuck
- 13: Supporting human trafficking survivor resiliency through comprehensive case management: Lauren Pesso
- 14: Migrant mental health, law and detention: Impacts and alternatives: Chelsea Davis