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The Mental health and well-being of the Rohingya in Bangladesh beyond COVID-19
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) [pdf] one in every five people living in areas beset by conflict experience some form of mental health... Read More
How Faith can help Refugee and Migrant Women to Heal from Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Forced migration experience is often a traumatic and unpredictable experience. Migrants fleeing their countries of origin rarely expect to encounter the worst hazards, like kidnapping,... Read More
Putting Gender on the Agenda in the Refugee “Crisis”
This post was originally published on the Social Sciences Birmingham blog at the University of Birmingham, UK. It has been slightly modified for publication on... Read More
In search of respect: Refused asylum seekers and the emotional landscapes of ethnographic research
This post forms part of our series in showcasing abstracts of presentations featured at our annual postgraduate interdisciplinary conference on refugee and forced migration research,... Read More
Psychosocial-Oncology and Adolescents and Young Adults
As a psychologist, researcher and lived experience with cancer, I am keen to develop a program of research in psychosocial-oncology and particular in the area... Read More
How gardening can improve the mental health of refugees
After spending many years living in refugee camps, gardening can provide a safe space to establish identity, rebuild lives and attain happiness. A new study... Read More
Trauma, mental health and the fast track assessment caseload
On 18 October 2015 police found 30-year-old Khodayar Amini dead in his car in Dandenong Victoria. Moments prior to taking his life, he made a... Read More
The Hijab in the West: A Negotiation of Identity
The Hijab in the West: A Negotiation of Identity, exclusion/inclusion for refugee Muslim Women in Australia A handful of researchers have tried to understand the... Read More
The impact of detention on the social–emotional wellbeing of children seeking asylum
There is a remarkable convergence in the findings of published studies in identifying a consistent profile of risk factors for poor health and wellbeing outcomes for... Read More
Mental Health Screening Tool For Asylum Seekers And Refugees: The STAR-MH
There is no extant brief and sensitive mental health screening tool for asylum seekers and new refugees (ASR) designed to be administered by non-mental-health trained... Read More