Tag Archives: mental health
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Our new publication with CUP, ‘Seeking Asylum and Mental Health is a practical guide to working with people seeking asylum. It is aimed at professionals and services in a range of statutory and...
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Whilst writing the book ‘Seeking Asylum and Mental Health’, we had to think a lot about words.
At the outset we decided to avoid the term ‘asylum seeker’. It is problematic on two counts. Firstly,...
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Often ‘refugees’ and ‘asylum seekers’ are spoken of together, as if they are almost the same. But they aren’t.
If you’re a ‘refugee’, it has been accepted that you can’t go back to...
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When I became chief medical officer of the American
Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) eight years ago, after treating people
with severe mental illness, teaching, and then co-leading a suicide...
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Who could have predicted so many “unprecedented” catastrophes would descend upon us in just one year? On top of the seemingly never-ending wars and recurrent natural disasters, we have been ambushed...
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Everyone has a personality.
This term describes individual differences in behavior, emotion, and thought
that make each person unique. Yet however different they are, most people find
a niche in the world...
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In parallel with an increase in the development and implementation of local and national suicide prevention actions, rates of suicide unfortunately increase in many parts of the world, including the USA....
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Mental illness has a huge impact on individuals, families and communities. Since the brain’s ability to be changed in positive ways is greatest early in life, ill-health of the mother during pregnancy...
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Our new publication with CUP, ‘Seeking Asylum and Mental Health is a practical...
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-
Whilst writing the book ‘Seeking Asylum and Mental Health’, we had to think...
Read the Article
-
Often ‘refugees’ and ‘asylum seekers’ are spoken of together, as if they...
Read the Article
-
When I became chief medical officer of the American
Foundation for Suicide Prevention...
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Who could have predicted so many “unprecedented” catastrophes would descend...
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-
Everyone has a personality.
This term describes individual differences in behavior,...
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In parallel with an increase in the development and implementation of local and...
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Mental illness has a huge impact on individuals, families and communities. Since...
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