Resource Tag: IMMIGRANTS
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Access and utilization of mental health services for immigrants and refugees: Perspectives of immigrant service providers
Immigrant and refugee populations experience life stressors due to difficult migration journeys and challenges in leaving one country and adapting to another. These life stressors result in adverse mental health outcomes when coupled with a lack of adequate support- enhancing resources. One area of support is access to and use of mental health services to […]
Psychometric testing of immigrants and natives in an acute psychiatry facility.
The diagnostic process after referral to an acute psychiatric treatment facility consists of more than the clinical investigation and laboratory tests. Psychometric tests in a broad range of languages may be such an augmentation of our diagnostic armamentarium. Whether such tests are in use, and how they are distributed among different patient categories was the aim […]
“We went out to explore, but gained nothing but illness”: Immigration expectations, reality, risk and resilience in Chinese-Canadian women with a history of suicide-related behaviour.
Suicide is a complex and tragic outcome driven by biological, psychological, social and cultural factors. Women of Chinese descent and women who have immigrated to other countries have higher rates of suicidal ideation and behaviour, and immigration-related stress may contribute. To understand the experiences of immigration and their relationship with distress and suicide-related behaviour in […]
Do first generation immigrant adolescents face higher rates of bullying, violence and suicidal behaviours than do third generation and native born?
We conducted a systematic review to examine first generation immigrant adolescentsÕ likelihood of experiencing bullying, violence, and suicidal behaviours compared to their later-generation and native born counterparts, and to identify factors that may underlie these risks. Eighteen studies met full inclusion criteria. First generation immigrant adolescents experience higher rate of bullying and peer aggression compared […]
Kids, poverty and mental health: Children of war.
Aivana, a Hamilton high school student survived a bomb blast in her native Iraq when she was seven. She is one of many immigrant children who grew up in war-torn countries and witnessed violence on the streets and in school. Contact us for a copy of this article, or view online at http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/kids-poverty-and-mental-health-children-of-war-1.2543338
Engaging Chinese immigrant parents in youth suicide prevention: Shifting parenting paradigm in a culturally relevant context.
This article discusses a school and community collaborative initiative that targeted students of Chinese descent as a suicide at-risk population. Its main focus was to reach out to immigrant parents to help them strengthen communication and relationships with their adolescent children and to facilitate theiraccess to mental health services in the community.Discussion focuses on implementation […]