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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Farsi language podcast September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. Dr. Neda Faregh, psychologist and MMHRC project coordinator, talks about suicide amongst immigrants – what are the stressors and how to help someone who is feeling suicidal.
September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. We speak to Dr. Neda Faregh, psychologist and MMHRC project coordinator about suicide in the immigrant population in Canada. After the interview, Neda also kindly agreed to give another talk about suicide in Farsi, this podcast will be live soon.
VIDEO “It’s not only about the migrants, it’s about the migrants and us as a majority… just like in a couple we’re part of the equation.” Cécile Rousseau, Director of the Transcultural Child Psychiatry Clinic at the Montreal Children’s Hospital proposes a widening of focus when we think of immigrants and mental health to include […]