An Examination of Vicarious Trauma Among Refugee Mental Health Interpreters

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
James V. Simms ◽  
Alexandra R. Thelan ◽  
Sarah E. Domoff ◽  
Elizabeth A. Meadows
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Vicarious Trauma ◽  
Refugee Mental Health

Review of Child and Adolescent Refugee Mental Health

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart L. Lustig ◽  
Maryann Kia-Keating ◽  
Wanda Grant-Knight ◽  
Paul Geltman ◽  
Heidi Ellis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Refugee Mental Health

Overcoming the deficiency of refugee mental health research

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Kalfic ◽  
Glenn Mitchell ◽  
Lezanne Ooi ◽  
Sibylle Schwab ◽  
Natalie Matosin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Scientific Discovery ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Psychiatric Research ◽  
Risk And Resilience ◽  
Refugee Mental Health ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

The growing number of refugees and asylum seekers are one of the most significant global challenges of this generation. We are currently witnessing the highest level of displacement in history, with over 65 million displaced people in the world. Refugees and asylum seekers are at higher risk to develop mental illness due to their trauma and chronic stress exposures, and particularly post-migration stressors. Yet global and Australian psychiatric research in this area is greatly lacking, particularly with respect to our understanding of the molecular underpinnings of risk and resilience to mental illness in traumatised populations. In this Viewpoint, we explore the reasons behind the lack of refugee mental health research and use this context to propose new ways forward. We believe that scientific discovery performed with a multidisciplinary approach will provide the broad evidence-base required to improve refugee mental health. This will also allow us to work towards the removal of damaging policies that prolong and potentiate mental health deterioration among refugees and asylum seekers, which impacts not only on the individuals but also host countries’ social, economic and healthcare systems.

Vicarious trauma: Strategies for legal practice and law schools

2021 ◽  
pp. 1037969X2199985
Author(s):  
Kelley Burton ◽  
Amanda Paton
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Vicarious Trauma ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Mental Health Workers ◽  
Future Research ◽  
First Year ◽  
Helping Professionals ◽  
Legal Practice ◽  
Law Schools ◽  
Individual Level

We examine the effect of vicarious trauma on various stakeholders in the legal profession. Criminal lawyers are likely to experience higher levels of vicarious trauma than other lawyers. Additionally, lawyers are at a heightened risk of vicarious trauma compared to other helping professionals such as mental health workers. We identify a range of strategies that can be implemented at an organisational or individual level to address vicarious trauma. Future research should evaluate the effectiveness of vicarious trauma strategies and initiatives. Importantly, we argue that vicarious trauma initiatives should begin in first-year law courses and continue over a career.

An Interaction Model of Environmental and Psychological Factors Influencing Refugee Mental Health

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shraddha Kashyap ◽  
David Keegan ◽  
Belinda J Liddell ◽  
Ted Thomson ◽  
Angela Nickerson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Interaction Model ◽  
Refugee Mental Health ◽  
Factors Influencing

Review of Child and Adolescent Refugee Mental Health

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart L Lustig ◽  
◽  
Maryam Kia-Keating ◽  
Wanda Grant-Knight ◽  
Paul Geltman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Refugee Mental Health

Neuro-reciprocity and vicarious trauma in psychiatrists

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 388-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Isobel ◽  
Gavin Angus-Leppan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Vicarious Trauma ◽  
Vicarious Traumatization ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Trauma Informed ◽  
The Brain

Objectives: This paper aims to briefly overview the processes of neuro-reciprocity relevant to vicarious traumatization of psychiatrists through their clinical roles. Conclusions: High rates of trauma in mental health service users, understanding of the effects of trauma on the brain and mechanisms of neuro-reciprocity in empathic attunement suggest that psychiatrists are at high risk of vicarious trauma. Preventing vicarious trauma at an organizational level through trauma-informed approaches is of paramount importance.

Screening Tool for Asylum-Seeker and Refugee Mental Health

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debbie C. Hocking ◽  
Serafino G. Mancuso ◽  
Suresh Sundram
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Asylum Seeker ◽  
Screening Tool ◽  
Refugee Mental Health
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