The contributors to this book provide a clinical insight into the mental and health problems faced by refugee children in their adopted countries particularly at the time of immigration. Clinicians, actively engaged in treatment, prevention and training in child psychiatry, study groups of refugees in Canada, USA and Europe, from a multicultural perspective. They investigate adolescent immigration populations on health-related factors and their adaptation to their present developmental stage and evaluate their vision of the future. Case studies are presented on the effects of trauma on these groups and an appeal is made for greater sensitivity from clinicians dealing with disturbed immigrant children. The volume also includes detailed training models applicable for preparing psychiatrists and psychologists to increase awareness of the dynamics of culture, ethnicity and identity when working with immigrant and refugee children and their families.

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mental health refugee health status immigrant population