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Debt advice: a missing dimension
- Authors:
- PALMER David, WHITE Sue E., HOLMES Gill
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, July 2008, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
This article reports on a pilot study undertaken in Bexley and discusses the specific health issues of this group. Thirty adults with a mental health diagnosis, and who were receiving input from voluntary and/or community mental health services and had worries about existing debts, preventing debt or meeting mortgage or other loan repayments were referred to a debt specialist. The research highlights the link between the alleviation of financial problems via specialist debt advice and improvements in mental health.
Bridging the gaps: refugee community organisations and the provision of mental health services in the London Borough of Camden, UK
- Authors:
- PALMER David, ALEMU Ermias, HOPWOOD Julian
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Migration Health and Social Care, 4(4), December 2008, pp.4-20.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This research project explored how refugee community organisations (RCOs) could become more involved in the government's health agenda to improve the level of consultation and responsiveness in the design and provision of mental health services for ethnic minorities. The method involved a review of relevant literature, interviews with refugee community organisation leaders and community workers, and a survey of refugee service users' involvement with RCOs. The research found that the causes and effects of mental ill health in refugees as understood by interviewees were consistent with much of the literature in this area. The mental health needs of refugees are very similar across nationalities and ethnicities, and distinct from those of the general population and of other migrant groups. Appropriate responses, as understood by community leaders and professional community workers, are currently only partly and insufficiently provided by statutory health services, and there is extensive unmet need..