Child Adolescent and Family Refugee Mental Health A Global Perspective Suzan J. Song 9783030452773, 3030452778

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• ISBN-10: 3030452778
• ISBN-13: 9783030452773
• Author: Suzan

More than half of the 25.9 million refugees in the world are under the age of 18 and the mental health of these children and adolescents constitutes a growing global public health priority. Refugee children and their families are at increased risk to develop mental health problems, but they often face major challenges in accessing adequate treatment and mental health professionals frequently feel ill-equipped to assist this group.

Refugees are faced with a plethora of issues including the ambiguous loss of loved ones, psychological trauma related to past experiences of violence and atrocities, the complexities of daily life as a refugee, and the challenges to adapt to new systems of care and support. Refugees’ life circumstances all too often undermine their agency, asthey face discrimination, stigma, and social isolation or exclusion. Refugees are frequently disconnected from the usual family and community supports that they once had, which creates additional mental distress. As parents struggle with these changes, their children often find it even more difficult to adapt and connect with them. This all leads to increased prevalence of mental health conditions among refugees.

Humanitarian policies recommend family-centered interventions that are multi-sectoral,multi-disciplinary, and focus on optimizing resource utilization. Over the last decade, a considerable body of research has emerged around socio-ecological models of mental health, family and community approaches, and resilience and strengths-based theories, but these insights are insufficiently incorporated in the practice of mental health care for refugee children. Clinicians often struggle to grasp the common unique stressors that families face and are not familiar with working with families as units for intervention. Using culturally and contextually informed assessment methods and family-oriented management approaches not only help individual children or adolescents, but alsotheir families.

This book aims to provide an overview of the latest theoretical insights from research on sociocultural aspects of mental health and connect these with clinical insights from practical mental health care provision. Using strengths-based, resiliency-oriented and family-centered approaches can enrich clinical practice in refugee mental health, but clinicians need to translate the emerging evidence into concrete steps and interventions. This requires additional skills for the assessment and management of mental health conditions in refugee children and families.

The chapters in this book are written by a diverse group of authors using global, multi-disciplinary approaches. The chapters provide examples from various contexts including refugees who are displaced to neighboring countries, refugees ‘on the move’, and refugees and asylum seekers in resettlement settings. This book is therefore a unique resource for clinicians, researchers and policy makers working on mental health issues of refugee children and adolescents around the world.

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Front Matter

Part I. Theoretical Approaches to Comprehensive Understanding of Child, Adolescent, and Family Refugee Mental Health

1. Bridging the Humanitarian, Academic, and Clinical Fields Toward the Mental Health of Child and Adolescent Refugees

2. Children and Adolescents in Conflict and Displacement

3. Unpacking Context and Culture in Mental Health Pathways of Child and Adolescent Refugees

4. Supporting Mental Health in Young Refugees: A Resilience Perspective

Part II. Mental Health Assessment of Refugee Children

5. Principles of the Mental Health Assessment of Refugee Children and Adolescents

6. Conducting the Mental Health Assessment for Child and Adolescent Refugees

7. UNICEF Community-Based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Operational Guidelines

Part III. Mental Health Symptom Clusters in Refugee Children and Adolescents

8. Grief and Loss in Displaced and Refugee Families

9. Intervening to Address the Impact of Stress and Trauma on Refugee Children and Adolescents Resettled in High-Income Countries

10. Depression and Anxiety in Refugee Children

11. Substance Use Among Refugee and Conflict-Affected Children and Adolescents

12. Children and Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities in Humanitarian Settings

13. Severe Mental Disorders and Neuropsychiatric Conditions in Refugee Children and Adolescents

Part IV. Transforming Theory into Intervention Programs

14. What My Grandmother Would Have Taught Me: Enhancing Resilient Behavior in Unaccompanied Young Males in Denmark – A Pilot Project

15. A Family-Centered Approach to Working with Refugee Children and Adolescents

16. Engaging Refugee Families in a Family-Strengthening Intervention to Promote Child Mental Health and Family Functioning

Correction to: Supporting Mental Health in Young Refugees: A Resilience Perspective

Back Matter

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