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War damage
- Author:
- CARLISLE Daloni
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 30.8.95, 1995, p.20.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
The Refugee Council is appealing for mental health workers to help Bosnian refugees in the UK to overcome the trauma of their experiences.
Respite care: fellowship and harmony
- Author:
- RUSSELL Lynne
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.5.95, 1995, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes the work at Cairdeas House, an Edinburgh house offering respite for people with mental health problems, whether they arise from illness or trauma.
The mental health of refugees: ecological approaches to healing and adaptation
- Editors:
- MILLER Kenneth E., RASCO Lisa M., (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 429p.
- Place of publication:
- Mawah, NJ
This work brings together an international group of experts on the mental health of refugees who have pioneered a new approach to healing the psychological wounds of war and forced migration. Their work is guided by an ecological model, which, in contrast to the prevailing medical model of psychiatry and clinical psychology, emphasizes the development of culturally grounded mental health interventions in non-stigmatized community settings. The ecological model also prioritizes synergy with natural community resources to promote adaptation, prevention over treatment, the active involvement of community members in all phases of the intervention process, and the empowerment of marginalized communities to address their own mental health needs. The authors present a variety of culturally grounded interventions designed to improve the mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of communities that have survived the nightmares of political repression, civil war, and genocide.
HIV-negative gay men: individual and community social service needs
- Author:
- BALL Steven
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 4(2), 1996, pp.25-40.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Addresses the need for mental health professionals to be alert to the specific psychological and social stressors affecting a large group of survivors of the ongoing AIDS epidemic: HIV-negative gay men. The difficult obstacles to surviving often release severe emotional reactions that at their worst can lead to self-destructive behaviours that put men at risk for contracting HIV. A protocol that integrates group work into existing treatment that helps begin the delivery of services to this often overlooked, traumatised population, is described.
Ethnic differences in prisoners: risk factors and psychiatric service use
- Authors:
- COID Jeremy, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 181(12), December 2002, pp.481-487.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The aim of this article is to compare early environmental risks, stressful daily living experiences and reported use of psychiatric services in prisoners from different ethnic groups. Fewer Black and South Asian male prisoners reported childhood traumas and conduct disorder, and fewer Black prisoners experienced stressful prison experiences, than White prisoners. Fewer Black women had received previous psychiatric treatment, and fewer Black men had their psychiatric problems identified in prison. Black prisoners were less likely to have received psychiatric treatment than Whites. The lower prevalence of psychiatric morbidity observed in Black prisoners corresponds with reduced exposure to risk factors. Higher rates of imprisonment might be explained by higher rates of conduct disorder, adolescent-onset criminality and disadvantage within the criminal justice system.
Women Vietnam veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: implications for practice
- Authors:
- PRICE David H., KNOX Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 11(1), Spring 1996, pp.61-75.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Female Vietnam War veterans in the USA are an oppressed community, linked by their common experience in a tragic, unpopular war; by their subjugation in an overwhelmingly male military subculture dominated by a patriarchal society; and by their common struggle to deal with the emotional and psychological costs of their service. Examines the problems of experienced by women veterans of the Vietnam War who suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder, identifies practice settings where women veterans are encountered, and suggests assessment strategies and therapeutic interventions.