Forced Migration and Mental Health Rethinking the Care of Refugees and Displaced Persons /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ingleby, David (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Series: International and Cultural Psychology Series,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Clinical psychology.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Community psychology.; Environmental psychology.; Cross-cultural psychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Clinical Psychology.; Cross Cultural Psychology.; Community and Environmental Psychology.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.

In the last half century, the steadily increasing incidence of armed conflict (both within and between nations) has created mounting numbers of asylum seekers, refugees, and displaced persons. The provision of appropriate mental health services for these individuals has become a major focus of conce...