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Migrant youth are vulnerable and face a risk of internalised disorders such as depression. This qualitative meta-synthesis explores migrant adolescents’ experience of depression.
The study found that the threat of losing their connections both at the interpersonal (connection to family, peers and community) and intrapsychic levels (construction of identity) is inherently linked to migrant adolescents’ experience of depression.
This video from the BBC exposes some of the mental health struggles that many children in care experience in the UK, sharing the story of one particular young man, Callum, who was placed in care and engaged in self-harming behavior. "England's children's commissioner Anne Longfield has told the Victoria Derbyshire programme that the care system has been too focused on child safeguarding in the past, and not enough on helping children recover from traumatic upbringings," says the video description. "She said there should be 'a presumption' among those working in the sector that all…
Lesya Belenok describes her role as a social worker with Hope and Homes for Children in Makariv, a district in the Kyiv region of Ukraine.
Of 648 unpaid carers surveyed in Scotland, 22 percent said they had not taken one day away from caring in five years.
This BBC News film describes the impactful efforts of the Prison Doula Project, a Minnesota-based organization offering parenting programs for incarcerated women and their children.
In this article from Aljazeera, Jean-Pierre shares the story of how he was tricked into fighting as a child soldier in Burundi. He and hundreds of children who fought as child soldiers are now attempting to reintegrate back into their families and communities. UNICEF has set up a program to help them adjust. This program provides the children with clothing and school scholarships. They are also assigned social workers who regularly visit the children to make sure they are integrating back into society without facing abuse or social exclusion.
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Why is it so important to consider mental health and emotional well-being in child care and child protection? How can we address mental health needs in a non-clinical environment? What are some of the tried and tested approaches to supporting the mental health…
The war is taking a heavy toll on children and families. Too many people are experiencing and/or witnessing acts of violence that are unbearable and dehumanizing. It is critical to respond rapidly and adequately, in a manner that reinforces humanity and hope. This conversation will bring internationally recognized MHPSS experts from Ukraine and overseas to discuss what lessons have been learned from previous conflicts, and what might be done to support the mental wellbeing of children and families, and to ensure that we do no harm.
10:00 am ET | 15:00 UK |16:00 CET 17:00 Ukraine | 75…
This basic awareness-raising course is for anyone who may come into contact with children and young people in alternative care settings. The aim of the course is to provide a brief understanding of trauma, the impact it can have on the lives of children and young people, and ways to support those who may be affected by it.
This course is part of a wider EU-co-funded project called “Safe Places, Thriving Children: Embedding Trauma-Informed Practices into Alternative Care Settings.” The project is being implemented in Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary and Serbia under the…
REPSSI hosts a biannual Psychosocial Support forum to promote awareness and understanding of the importance of psychosocial support (PSS) and to share knowledge on approaches to providing it.
The theme of the next PSS forum, which will take place in Arusha, Tanzania from 4-6 September, 2017, is “Equity, Equality for all Girls, Boys and Youth”
The aim of this forum is to share knowledge and skills and to explore roles and strategic engagement (nationally, regionally and internationally) for PSS practitioners, to realise equity and equality of all girls, boys and youth.