Mental health of refugees in inner-London

Murphy, Denis; Ndegwa, David; Kanani, Anita; Rojas-Jaimes, Carmen; Webster, Adrian

doi:10.1192/pb.26.6.222

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“…They often lack an understanding of how the service operates, or live in areas where there is a shortage of GPs (Phillimore forthcoming). The lack of specialist services to aid settlement or deal with asylum and acculturation related psychological stresses is a further problem, commonly noted in many regional dispersal cities (Murphy et al, 2002;Watters 2001). The paucity of resources available to support the development and maintenance of MRCOs as a tool of integration, outside of London, has been outlined elsewhere (Phillimore and Goodson 2010).…”

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Refugees, Acculturation Strategies, Stress and Integration

2010

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The advent of super-diversity and politicisation of migration has been accompanied by heightened interest in migrant settlement. Much has been written in policy and academic fields about the importance of integration particularly in relation to the settlement of refugees. However little attention has been paid to the varied settlement experiences of individual refugees or how personal, cultural and experiential factors combine to influence settlement experiences. This paper turns to cross-cultural psychology's discussion of acculturation processes and in particular Berry's acculturation strategies (Berry 1997) to look at the different factors that influence acculturation and how these factors impact upon the ability of individual refugees to integrate. Using qualitative data collected from 138 interviews with refugees living in Birmingham, England, the paper shows how a range of group and individual factors relating to their experiences both in refugees' home and host countries influence the acculturation strategies adopted by different refugees. It shows that in the current policy environment many refugees lack choice about acculturation strategy, are vulnerable to psychosocial stress and struggle to integrate.

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Refugees, Acculturation Strategies, Stress and Integration

2010

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“…Immigrant children are not only exposed to particular stressors that make them more vulnerable to psychological, social, and academic problems, but also have few support systems (Davies & McKelvey, 1998;Measham et al, 2001;Munroe-Blum et al, 1989;Murphy, Ndegwa, Kanani, Rojas-Jaimes, & Webster, 2002;Roberts & Cawthorpe, 1995). For those who seek help for their children, barriers to professional help include not only language and culture difficulties, but also unfamiliarity with local heath and social systems, and fear of the authorities.…”

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Mental Health of Immigrant Children: A New Challenge for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Services in Ireland

Skokauskas¹,

Clarke

2009

Child Care in Practice

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“…This having been said, one can question how these differences in mandates, roles and orientations may be articulated in practice, especially in a period where inter-professional, and inter-organisational approaches are being promoted as best practice. Indeed, considering that refugee populations do not tend to seek psychosocial consultations on their own (Murphy et al 2002), and tend to favour services that are close in proximity to their living environment and everyday lives (Younes et al, 2005;, schools are viewed as a rich space for prevention and promotion of wellbeing Guzder, 2011) as well as screening of potential difficulties and referral to specialised services (Hek, 2005). Hodes et al (2008) suggests that schools could offer a variety of health and social services to refugee youth who may not be accessing third line services.…”

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Children of War: Quebec’s Social Policy Response to Children and Their Families

Fraser¹,

Denov²,

Guzder³

et al. 2016

International Journal of Social Science Studies

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Canada has signed the Optional Protocol of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict that obligates signatories to ensure assistance and support to war-affected children's physical and psychological recovery as well as their social reintegration. In light of this obligation, the paper reviews the most recent policies related to immigrants and refugees of four Quebec (Canada) ministries, with particular attention to the frameworks underpinning these policies and practices in order to explore how the needs of refugee children are conceptualised and how these same conceptualisations orient the action plans. Miller and Rasmussen's (2010) psychosocial/trauma integrative model is used as a benchmark to assess whether and how policies integrate considerations from both psychosocial and trauma focused conceptual models. The analysis suggests that all four ministries adopt a psychosocial focus but that none directly mention the impact of war, potential trauma or pre-migratory experiences on children's reintegration or resettlement. There seems to be a divide and a lack of coherence in the goals and underlying philosophies of the action plans of the different ministries, most likely in part related to their differences in mandate. Indeed, the Ministry of Health and Social Services emphasizes individual and family wellbeing, while the Ministry of Education prioritizes citizenship and the development of Quebec. Potential implications of these policy orientations for children having been exposed to war living in the Quebec context are discussed.

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Mental health of refugees in inner-London

Abstract: What follows is an attempt to describe the provision of mental health care for refugees (including asylum seekers). Our views are based on our work with refugees in inner-London and on consultation with service providers.

Cited by 19 publications

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Refugees, Acculturation Strategies, Stress and Integration

Refugees, Acculturation Strategies, Stress and Integration

Mental Health of Immigrant Children: A New Challenge for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Services in Ireland

Children of War: Quebec’s Social Policy Response to Children and Their Families

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