Assessing trauma in a transcultural context: challenges in mental health care with immigrants and refugees

Abstract The growing numbers of refugees and immigrants from conflict-prone areas settling throughout the world bring several challenges for those working in the mental health care system. Immigrants and refugees of all ages arrive with complex and nuanced mental health histories of war, torture, an...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lloy Wylie, Rita Van Meyel, Heather Harder, Javeed Sukhera, Cathy Luc, Hooman Ganjavi, Mohamad Elfakhani, Nancy Wardrop
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-08-01
Series:Public Health Reviews
Subjects:
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40985-018-0102-y