Context, coping, and mental health in refugees living in protracted displacement

Nickerson, Angela; Hoffman, Joel; Keegan, David L.; Kashyap, Shraddha; Tricesaria, Diah; Pestalozzi, Zico; Rachmah, Rizka Argadianti; Nandyatama, Randy W.; Khakbaz, Mitra; Nilasari, Nindita; Liddell, Belinda J.

doi:10.1002/jts.22885

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“…Ambitious and locally coordinated assessment programs of mental health should be implemented as well as non-centralized mental health policies and their systematic qualitative evaluations (94). Lastly, the on-going crises indicate that there is an urgent need for scalable interventions that are appropriate for wartorn contexts in which resources are limited.…”

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Mental Health in Crisis Regions

Kizilhan¹

2023

Field Guide to Global Health &Amp; Disaster Medicine

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Mental Health in Crisis Regions

Kizilhan¹

2023

Field Guide to Global Health &Amp; Disaster Medicine

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“…The traumas commonly experienced among these peoples can occur in a country of origin, during displacement, or in post-migration environments. And whether categorized as individual (e.g., being the victim of violence) or collective traumas (e.g., being part of a group targeted for persecution or genocide), such experiences are known to result in elevated rates of psychological disorders such as anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Nickerson et al, 2017).…”

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Bonds and barriers: Mental health, service provision, and Middle Eastern/North African cultural identity in the U.S.

Gharibian

McCarty-Caplan

2022

Qualitative Social Work

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This exploratory study examined the intersections of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) American cultural identity and attitudes towards mental health and mental health services. Fifteen in-depth narrative interviews with participants of MENA descent in the United States were analyzed using qualitative thematic content analysis, revealing five primary themes within these data: denial, lack of awareness, stigma/shame, collective identity, and resistance. These results indicate cultural identity plays a unique and significant role in how this population understands and responds to mental health and substance use challenges, in a way that often creates barriers to social service provision and success. Implications and suggestions for how these findings might be used to develop more culturally competent and effective social work interventions for MENA communities are discussed.

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“…Emerging research has examined the relationship between modifiable psychological factors and mental health among EDP (Aizik-Reebs et al, 2022; Kashyap et al, 2021; Nickerson et al, 2022). An understanding of individual psychological processes (such as cognitive processes) helps to place the person in the context of their environment (Bronfenbrenner, 1979).…”

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Self-compassion and self-coldness and their relationship with psychological distress and subjective well-being among community-based Hazaras in Australia

Wilson,

Misajon,

Brooker

2024

Transcult Psychiatry

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Hazaras are a newly emerging community in Australia and limited research has explored their mental health. The first aim of this study was to explore levels of psychological distress and subjective well-being reported by Hazaras in Australia, and whether scores on psychosocial variables (self-compassion, self-coldness, acculturation, resilience, spirituality), psychological distress and domains of subjective well-being differed by sociodemographic groups. The second aim had two parts: (a) to examine bivariate relationships between the psychosocial variables, psychological distress and subjective well-being; and (b) to examine whether the psychosocial predictor variables independently contributed to subjective well-being and psychological distress when controlling for sociodemographic characteristics. Seventy-two Hazaras (58 men and 14 women), with a mean age of 28.82 years ( SD = 8.84) and average length of time residing in Australia of 10.17 years ( SD = 4.11), completed an online survey. There were sociodemographic differences in relation to key variables of interest; for example, participants who did not have family members in Australia reported lower levels of global life satisfaction. Moderate negative relationships were found between self-compassion and psychological distress and between self-coldness and subjective well-being. Self-coldness, self-compassion, resilience and acculturation contributed uniquely to psychological distress and subjective well-being when controlling for sociodemographic variables. Although migration programmes that provide permanent residency and allow family members to join refugees in Australia are limited, they appear important. Many of the difficulties facing Hazaras are ongoing, external and beyond their control (e.g. visa status); however, there is a possibility that self-compassion can play a role as a protective factor.

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Context, coping, and mental health in refugees living in protracted displacement

Cited by 5 publications

References 84 publications

Mental Health in Crisis Regions

Mental Health in Crisis Regions

Bonds and barriers: Mental health, service provision, and Middle Eastern/North African cultural identity in the U.S.

Self-compassion and self-coldness and their relationship with psychological distress and subjective well-being among community-based Hazaras in Australia

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