Amidst Peril and Pain: The Mental Health and Well-Being of the World’s Refugees
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Amidst Peril and Pain: The Mental Health and Well-Being of the World’s Refugees
Amidst Peril and Pain: The Mental Health and Well-Being of the World’s Refugees
By Anthony J. Marsella
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Number Of Pages: 390
Publication Date: 1994-04
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1557982236
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781557982230
Binding: Hardcover
ALTERNATE ISBN:
390 pages
ISBN: 1-55798-539-1
ISBN 13: 978-1-55798-539-2
PUBLICATION DATE: July 1998
EDITION: Softcover
This multidisciplinary volume offers mental health professionals, scientists, and policy administrators a conceptual, factual, and clinical resource for understanding and addressing the challenges posed by the growing problem of international refugees and displaced persons. Included are actual accounts of the experiences of refugees and how they dealt with adversity. The book also provides information on demographics, history, epidemiology, policy formation, mental health services, training, and specific regional concerns. It is intended for psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, medical doctors, and policy makers involved in the mental health and well-being of the world’s refugees.
The softcover edition is a re-release of the 1994 hardcover edition.
Table of Contents
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
—Anthony J. Marsella, Thomas Bornemann, Solvig Ekblad, and John Orley
Part I: Foundations
An Overview of the World Refugee Crisis
—Mark Leopold and Barbara Harrell-Bond
Historical Aspects of Refugee and Immigration Movements
—Alan Kraut
The Mental Health and Well-Being of Refugees: Issues and Directions
—Eugene Brody
A Policy Perspective on the Mental Health and Psychosocial Needs of Refugees
—Susan Forbes Martin
Part II: Regional Challenges
Southeast Asian Refugees: Migration History and Mental Health Issues
—Richard Mollica
Central and South American Refugees: Some Mental Health Challenges
—Pablo Farias
The Kurds: Refugees in Their Own Land
—Pari Karadaghi
The Afghans: Bearing the Scars of a Forgotten War
—Azam Dadfar
The Palestinians: An Uprooted People
—Eyad R. El-Sarraj, Ahmad Abu Tawahina, and Fadel Abu Heine
New Beginnings in an Old Land: Refugee and Immigrant Mental Health in Israel
—Yaacov Lerner, Julia Mirsky, and Miriam Barasch
Part III: Adjustment Patterns
Psychological Disorders Among Refugees: Some Clinical and Epidemiological Considerations
—John Orley
The Applicability of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Concept to Refugees
—Matthew Friedman and James Jaranson
Refugee Dependency: Origins and Consequences
—Ulrike von Buchwald
Trauma and Violence Among Refugee Children
—Neil Boothby
Part IV: Mental Health Services
Primary Health Care of Refugees
—Giovanni de Girolamo
Psychosocial and Psychiatric Aspects of Refugee Adaptation and Care in Sweden
—Solvig Ekblad, Bengt-Erik Ginsburg, Bengt Jansson, and Lennart Levi
Use of Indigenous Concepts and Healers in the Care of Refugees: Some Experiences From the Thai Border Camps
—Jean Pierre Hiegel
Training Health and Medical Professionals to Care for Refugees: Issues and Methods
—Goran Struwe
Part V: Looking to the Future
Refugee Mental Health and Well-Being: Conclusions and Recommendations
—Assen Jablensky, Anthony J. Marsella, Solvig Ekblad, Bengt Jansson, Lennart Levi, and Thomas Bornemann
Ethnocultural Diversity and International Refugees: Challenges for the Global Community
—Anthony J. Marsella
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Editors
Free download Links
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