Refuge and Resilience

"Refuge and Resilience succeeds in bringing together theoretically oriented sections, study results and examples of comprehensive models of care. The writing is very accessible with many clinical vignettes, case examples, and excerpts from research interviews that bring the text to life. ... this volume will be of great interest to students, researchers, mental health professionals, policy makers, and citizens concerned with building a society that supports refugee resilience." (Gabrielle Belanger-Dumontier and Melanie Vachon, Transcultural Psychiatry, Vol. 52 (2), April, 2015) "This volume provides strong coverage of many dimensions of resilient trajectories and outcomes in diverse refugee populations and settings. ... Refuge and Resilience provides an excellent and fairly comprehensive examination of its topic. ... Refuge and Resilience succeeds on many levels and is a must read for all who work with refugees or seek to make or implement policies that promote rather than impede the resilience and well-being of refugees, forced migrants, and the broader societies where they live." (S. Megan Berthold, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 59 (49), December, 2014)

• Preafce: Laurence Kirmayer.- 1: Editor’s Introduction: Laura Simich.- 2: What is resilience and how does it relate to the refugee experience?  Historical and theoretical perspectives: Wade E. Pickren.- 3: Social determinants of refugee mental health: Farah N. Mawani.- 4: The debate about trauma and psychosocial treatment for refugees: Clare Pain, Pushpa Kanagaratnam, Donald Payne.- 5: Reflections on using a cultural psychiatry approach to assessing and fortifying refugee resilience in Canada: Lisa Andermann.- 6: Personal and social forms of resilience:  Research with Southeast Asian and Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in Canada: Morton Beiser.- 7: Social support in refugee resettlement: Miriam Stewart.- 8: Newcomer youth self-esteem: A community-based mixed methods study of Afghan, Columbian, Sudanese and Tamil youth in Toronto, Canada: Nazilla Khanlou, Yogendra Shakya, Farah Islam, Emma Oudeh.- 9: Newcomer refugee youth as ‘resettlement champions’ for their families: Vulnerability, resilience and empowerment: Yogendra Shakya, Sepali Guruge, Michaela Hynie, Sheila Htoo, Arzo Akbari, Barinder Jandu, Rabea Murtaza, Megan Spasevski, Nahom Berhane and Jessica Forster.- 10: A social entrepreneurship framework for mental health equity: The program model of the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture: Sean A. Kidd, Kwame J. McKenzie, Mulegeta Abai.- 11: The role of settlement agencies in promoting refugee resilience: Biljana Vasilevska.- 12: Mental healthcare policy for refugees In Canada:Kwame McKenzie and Andrew Tuck.- 13: Supporting human trafficking survivor resiliency through comprehensive case management: Lauren Pesso.- 14: Migrant mental health, law and detention: Impacts and alternatives: Chelsea Davis.