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L’équipe METISS vous présente sa dernière publication intitulée Récits de pratique d’intervenants dans des organismes d’aide aux nouveaux immigrants. Guide d’animation. Ce guide présente une série de récits de pratique recueillis par Catherine Montgomery, professeure au Département de communication sociale et publique de l’UQAM, et son équipe, auprès d’organismes communautaires oeuvrant auprès d’une clientèle immigrante. Ces récits servent […]
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Moving from rhetoric to reality: adapting Housing First for homeless individuals with mental illness from ethno-racial groups Vicky Stergiopoulos, Patricia O’Campo, Agnes Gozdzik, Jeyagobi Jeyaratnam, Simon Corneau, Aseefa Sarang, and Stephen W Hwang Centre for Research on Inner City Health, The Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital, 30 […]
Entre-vues, le bulletin de l’équipe METISS, vous présente ce mois-ci les travaux de Ghayda Hassan, professeure en psychologie à l’UQAM, sur les critères d’admissibilités au programme SIPPE pour les mères immigrantes. Entre-vues_vol4_no8_octobre2013_en_ligne Vous trouverez tous les numéros d’ Entre-vues gratuitement sur le site Web du CSSS de la Montagne : www.culturementalhealth.com/?attachment_id=3797
Working with Vietnamese Americans: A Clinical Training Manual for Mental Health Professionals Thomas T. Nguyen University of St. Thomas, Minnesota Abstract Vietnamese Americans are among the most recent immigrants to the United States (Min, 2006). There is a higher need of mental health services for those who have witnessed traumatic events (i.e., war trauma and […]
Issue: Diversity | Mental Health Commission of Canada. The Mental Health Commission of Canada has led and supported a number of projects to help develop strategies that will promote strong, healthy, resilient communities across Canada—and improve the services needed by people from diverse backgrounds and cultures who are living with mental health problems or illnesses.Issue: […]
Meet the Somalis | Open Society Foundations (OSF). “Meet the Somalis” is a collection of 14 illustrated stories depicting the real life experiences of Somalis in seven cities in Europe: Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Leicester, London, Malmo, and Oslo. The stories allow readers a unique insight into what everyday life is like as a Somali in Europe. Meet […]
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Diversity and Culture Committee has developed practice parameters for cultural competence in child and adolescent psychiatric practice. The guidelines are based on an extensive literature review and expert consensus and include the following principles: Clinicians should identify and address barriers (economic, geographic, insurance, cultural beliefs, stigma, […]
Dr. Sadeq Rahimi provides a review of Saskatchewan’s state of legal policy and strategies. He concludes that given the rapid pace of migration-induced demographic changes in Saskatchewan, there is an urgent need for government policies that address mental health requirements of a culturally diverse population. He states that there is an absence of cultural awareness […]