Depression among Children of Tibetans in Exile: A Socio-Cultural Perspective

Nair, Pradeep; Pandit, Manisha

doi:10.5958/2349-3011.2017.00011.1

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“…There are no adequate community-based care programmes to reach children and their families in the absence of home-based and residential options to link the children with their families, peer-groups and respective communities. There is a growing prevalence of mental illness and distress among children living in exile due to the doubt of their self-identity and future (Nair & Pandit, 2017).…”

Section: Deinstitutionalisation Of Child Care Institutions In Tibetanmentioning

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“…This contrast in the socio-cultural atmosphere brings various psycho-emotional outbreaks in these children. Although the child care centres in exile are socialising these children in Tibetan culture and values through narrated history (Yankey & Biswas, 2012), the failed efforts of the community for the complete freedom of Tibet in the changing geo-political conditions of South-East Asia often distorts the picture and creates a kind of hopeless feeling for the children living in an imagined community (Nair & Pandit, 2017). Affirming the possibilities of the complete assimilation of the refugee community into the host local community, the administration of Tibetan exile settlement is reluctant to decentralise the institutional care services to community or family-based care systems.…”

Section: Analysis and Learning Outcomes From Dharamshalamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Children Displaced: Deinstitutionalisation of Child Care Institutions in Tibetan Exile Settlements in Dharamshala, India

Nair

2020

Institutionalised Children Explorations and Beyond

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This study assesses the present situation of the deinstitutionalisation and alternative care arrangements in exile settlements concerning various cultural and socio-structural factors. It explores how elements of social structure and culture operate to transform the residential care institutions to community-based alternative care arrangements for 10,000 young Tibetans uprooted from Tibet and presently settled in India. Their day-to-day problems of repatriation and resettlement in an unfamiliar demography with distinct ethnic values are pushing them to the margins. The dependence of these children on their exile government, the host community and the uncertainty of going back to their country makes them depressed, dependent and vulnerable to trauma and negligence. The study uses cross-sectional, descriptive, exploratory and qualitative methods. Primary data were collected through in-depth, semi-structured interviews. Open-ended questions were used for interviews in order to gain in-depth information from the respondents. Twenty-five informants were selected on a purposive basis to facilitate a focus on information-rich cases that illuminate the research questions. The selection criteria of informants apply to their professional experience of deinstitutionalisation in Tibetan settlements, professionals having experience of heading care institutions, officials of the Central Tibetan Administration, people from non-government organisations, development agencies and government officials who were a part of the interventions. Respondents from both state and non-state agencies were selected for the study to avoid bias.

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Section: Deinstitutionalisation Of Child Care Institutions In Tibetanmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Analysis and Learning Outcomes From Dharamshalamentioning

confidence: 99%