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Nos partenaires au CSSS de la Montage offrent le formations de base en interculturel pour tous les intervenants du CSSS de la Montagne ou de ses partenaires (groupes communautaires et autres établissements du réseau de la santé et des services sociaux) travaillant en milieu pluriethnique. La formation est générale; elle ne vise pas à former […]
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The March 2014 newsletter is out! It previews the content of the newly relaunched site, features an article, “Potential Contributions of Cultural-Clinical Psychology to a Revisioned Psychiatry” by Dr. Andrew G. Ryder & Dr. Yulia E. Chentsova-Dutton, highlights one of our favourite MMHRC podcasts, Dr. Cécile Rousseau talking about the two-way relationship between immigrants and […]
http://vimeo.com/86726372 Jaswant Guzder, head of Child Psychiatry at the Jewish General Hospital, talks about Cultural Consultation sessions with children. What are the principles of child cultural competence, what are some typical agendas during child cultural consultations, and what are some themes of concern?http://vimeo.com/86726372 Veuillez noter que la vidéo est disponible uniquement en anglais. Dre Jaswant […]
Lost in Translation: Mental Health of Newcomers – New Canadian Media An interview with Dr. Jaswant Guzder on issues of access to mental health care for immigrants and refugees and the importance of interpreters. Includes discussion of suicide, psychosis, depression, and cultural consultation. Lost in Translation: Mental Health of Newcomers – New Canadian Media – […]
Potential Contributions of Cultural-Clinical Psychology to a Revisioned Psychiatry Andrew G. Ryder, Ph.D. Department of Psychology, Concordia University Culture and Mental Health Research Unit, Jewish General Hospital Yulia E. Chentsova-Dutton, Ph.D. Department of Psychology, Georgetown University Cultural psychiatry has long aspired to be more than a subdiscipline of psychiatry, but rather a superordinate perspective that […]
Members of racial or ethnic minority groups benefit just as much from psychotherapy as do members of the white majority in Western countries, according to a report in Psychiatric Services in Advance. Researchers from Vrije Universiteit (VU), University Amsterdam, and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research looked at 56 randomized, controlled trials among adults […]
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 […]
BY CATHERINE SOLYOM, GAZETTE EDUCATION REPORTER JANUARY 21, 2014 A report released Tuesday by the Institut de la Statistique du Québec revealed that students born outside of Canada or to parents born abroad were less likely to smoke, drink and have sex. But the longer they lived in Quebec, the more likely they were to adopt […]
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 […]
Paola Ardiles, founder and network lead at BridgeforHealth.org speaks about postpartum depression (PPD) within the immigrant population in Canada. What are some of the specific challenges immigrant women with PPD face? What services are out there to help and what do caregivers need to know about working with immigrant women with PPD? To read more […]