Full Description
In this issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics, guest editors Drs. Meg Cary, Joshua Feder, and Alison Ward bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Behavioral Health Needs of Migrant Youth. Top experts in the field discuss the most recent information on policy, practices, and systems of care approaches regarding serving the mental health needs of immigrant and refugee children, youth, and their families. This issue highlights trauma-informed practices, cultural considerations, and systems of care.
Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including advocacy and policy; trauma-informed best practices and resiliency; ensuring early intervention and sustained recovery for migrant youth through a systems of care approach; social determinants, challenges, resilience, strength, and protective qualities; two bonus editorials; and more.
Provides in-depth clinical reviews on behavioral health needs of migrant youth, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Contents
Upholding the Human Rights and Well-Being of Refugee Children Through Effective Clinical Care
Cultural Considerations and Response to Trauma for Displaced Children at the Border
Unaccompanied Children in the Office of Refugee Resettlement Care
Understanding the Legal Rights and Mental Health Needs of Unaccompanied
Immigrant Children in US Government Custody and Beyond
Advocacy and Policy: A Focus on Migrant Youth
Trauma Informed Best Practices and Resiliency
Trauma Exposure in Migrant Children: Impact on Sleep and Acute Treatment Interventions
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Our Migrant Youth
Management of Psychiatric Emergencies Among Migrant Youth in Institutional and Community Settings
Moving Forward in Mental Health Care for Refugee, Asylum-Seeking, and Undocumented Children: Social Determinants, Phased Approach to Care, and Advocacy
Acculturating Systems of Care to Ensure Healthy Futures for Latine Migrant Youth
Worcester Refugee Assistance Project: An Example of Strengths-Based, Community-Based, Culturally Sensitive Care
