Schaffen wir das?: State-of-the-art of psychotherapy with refugees in host environments – ISHHR – International Society for Health and Human Rights

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This presentation discusses complexity of “the refugee experience” and its impacts on mental health of the refugee population. Medical and other, more inclusive, frameworks for understanding of mental health challenges in refugees are presented and commented upon.

Finally, the presentation provides a literature review of the state-of-the-art of psychotherapy with refugees in host environments, together with dilemma’s the field is confronted with at the beginning of the 21st century.

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The framework for understanding complexity of the “refugee experience” should be multidimensional and culture sensitive.
A broad rehabilitation framework makes sense, and should combine evidence based approaches with the traditional, emic ones, and psychosocial interventions, like advocacy for human rights of the refugee population.
In such a framework is the therapist not only delivering mental health interventions, but is also a social actor.

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Overview of challenges in different settings and contexts worldwide.

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Further spreading of knowledge among peers, development of new treatment approaches and connecting peers working in different contexts with each other.

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Media should refrain from sensationalism, news should not be presented as snaphot but integrated into context in order to be presented in an adequate way and make mening to the audience.