PMID: 11327142May 1, 2001Paper

Emerging paradigms in the mental health care of refugees

Social Science & Medicine
C Watters

Abstract

Over the past decade the approaches adopted towards the mental health care of refugees by a range of national and international healthcare organisations have been the subject of a sustained and growing critique. Much of this critique has focused on the way in which Western psychiatric categories have been ascribed to refugee populations in ways which, critics argue, pay scant attention to the social, political and economic factors that play a pivotal role in refugees' experience. Rather than portraying refugees as "passive victims" suffering mental health problems, critics have argued that attention should be given to the resistance of refugees and the ways in which they interpret and respond to experiences, challenging the external forces bearing upon them. In this paper a range of issues concerning the mental health care of refugees will be examined. These include the role of psychiatric diagnosis in relation to refugees' own perceptions of their need and within the context of general health and social care provision. In examining services the emergence of new paradigms in mental health care is identified. These include the growth of holistic approaches that take account of refugees' own experiences and expressed needs and wh...Continue Reading

References

Aug 1, 1992·Social Science & Medicine·M A Muecke
Feb 1, 1980·Social Science & Medicine. Medical Anthropology·M T Taussig
Jun 1, 1993·Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie·H Remschmidt
Sep 1, 1997·The Journal of Psychology·I SinnerbrinkV Manicavasagar
Jun 4, 1998·New Directions for Mental Health Services·S A PickettT Heller
Nov 27, 1998·The American Psychologist·J K Kiecolt-GlaserR Glaser

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Sep 6, 2005·Community Mental Health Journal·Andrés J PumariegaJoanne B Pumariega
Dec 17, 2010·Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health·Sern Wei Yeoh, John Furler
Apr 1, 2009·Anthropology & Medicine·Sebastian von Peter
Aug 8, 2012·ANS. Advances in Nursing Science·Martha B Baird
Jul 17, 2004·The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry·Leslie F Koopowitz, Sotoodeh Abhary
Jun 26, 2004·BMJ : British Medical Journal·Kristina M AdamsNassim Assefi
Mar 21, 2012·The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry·Sierra van WykKate Murray
Nov 1, 2012·BMC Public Health·Lois OrtonHeather Waterman
Dec 17, 2009·BMC Health Services Research·Christopher DowrickUNKNOWN AMP Group
Feb 15, 2013·International Journal of Mental Health Systems·Hasheem MannanGert Van Rooy
Jan 24, 2012·Environmental Health Perspectives·Celia McMichaelAnthony J McMichael
Oct 11, 2003·Women & Health·Pauline B GuerinBernard Guerin
Jan 11, 2012·International Journal of Group Psychotherapy·Ibrahim A KiraDhan Rai
Mar 18, 2016·Indian Journal of Psychiatry·Amresh Shrivastava, Avinash Desousa
Sep 15, 2009·Social Science & Medicine·Devon E HintonMary-Jo Good
Jun 19, 2008·Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America·Stevan Weine
Jun 19, 2008·Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America·Laura K MurrayAnthony Mannarino
Jun 30, 2007·Midwifery·Lianne StrausFaduma Mohamed Hussein
May 15, 2007·Sociology of Health & Illness·C Titia FeldmannHennie R Boeije
Mar 23, 2011·Perspectives in Psychiatric Care·Patricia J M StrijkClaudia J Gamel
Dec 8, 2004·Lancet·R F MollicaP Salama
Nov 25, 2004·International Journal of Law and Psychiatry·Charles Watters, David Ingleby
Dec 24, 2003·Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry·Stuart L LustigGlenn N Saxe
Sep 25, 2015·Social Work in Health Care·Joanna E BettmannNatalie Lecy
Jun 17, 2009·Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners·Caitlin Crowley
Jul 3, 2007·Medical Anthropology Quarterly·Faith R Warner
Aug 12, 2014·Australian Journal of Primary Health·I-Hao ChengSophia Samuel
Mar 20, 2013·Journal of Pain and Symptom Management·Bethany TaylorAmanda C de C Williams
Apr 10, 2010·Social Science & Medicine·Guy J CoffeyMaria Montagna Tucci
Nov 17, 2007·Pain·Amanda C de C Williams, Kirstine Amris
Apr 27, 2016·Medical Anthropology Quarterly·Qais AlemiSigrid James
Aug 20, 2016·Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health·C FeblesS S Tavernier
Apr 18, 2012·Transcultural Psychiatry·Marco Scarpinati Rosso, Sofie Bäärnhielm
Sep 15, 2005·Journal of Transcultural Nursing : Official Journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society·Peter H Koehn, Kirsti Sainola-Rodriguez
Oct 17, 2007·Transcultural Psychiatry·Charles Watters

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Anxiety Disorders

Discover the latest research on anxiety disorders including agoraphobia, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder here.

Related Papers

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology
S Nieves-Grafals
The British Journal of Clinical Psychology
L A RowlandL C Waismann
BMC Health Services Research
Roshan Perera, Helen J Moriarty
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Nina Patel, Matthew Hodes
© 2021 Meta ULC. All rights reserved