Category Archives: Language

Diversity in the U.S. Mental Health Workforce

A Diverse Mental Health Workforce: Are We There Yet? Has the field made progress in creating a more diverse workforce—a major recommendation of the 2001 Surgeon General’s report on culture and race-ethnicity? This literature review found scant evidence of progress: “Racial-ethnic minority populations are vastly underrepresented among clinically trained mental health practitioners in the United States,” the […]

Invisible Children

For many illegal immigrants who have children, one of their main concerns is access to schooling. Without valid documentation, the parents are often forced to pay school fees for their children, which is not always possible. Some parents decide not to send their children to school, out of fear of being identified. In the cases […]

Ontario steps in to fund health care for refugees

Ontario steps in to fund health care for refugees. OTTAWA — A year and a half after the federal government cut health funding for many refugees, Ontario has begun to pick up the slack, something that comes as a relief to members of Ottawa’s refugee community. Ontario steps in to fund health care for refugees.

François Crépeau, Rapporteur spécial de l’ONU sur les migrants : « les migrants ont aussi des droits » | Radio des Nations Unies

François Crépeau, Rapporteur spécial de l’ONU sur les migrants : « les migrants ont aussi des droits » | Radio des Nations Unies. François Crépeau cite notamment le paiement d’une caution ou un système d’assignation à résidence ou la présentation périodique de ces migrants aux autorités judiciaires. « Il y a d’autres moyens de traiter ces […]

Practices of Community Organization Workers with Newcomers

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 […]

Adapting Housing First for homeless individuals with mental illness from ethno-racial groups

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 […]

Immigrant Mothers’ Access to Early Childhood Preventive Services for Vulnerable Families

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  

New Cultural Competence Guidelines for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

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, […]