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Title Nordic work with traumatised refugees : do we really care / edited by Gwynyth Overland, Eugene Guribye and Birgit Lie
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 334 pages .)
Contents Part I. Working with traumatised refugees: views from the North -- Part II. Human rights perspectives -- Part III. Care -- Part IV. When care is not enough -- Part V. Children and families in exile -- Part VI. Working with asylum seekers and undocumented migrants -- Part VII. Public mental health: meaning-making in therapy and in care
Summary The Nordic welfare societies have been described as 'beacons of light' in work with refugees, with their emphasis on egalitarian and extensive benefit levels, wealth redistribution, promotion of gender equality and maximisation of labour force participation. Members of the population benefit from free education, universal healthcare and public services that provide an elaborate social safety net. The conditions seem favourable for refugees exposed to severely traumatic events in countries of ..
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Subject Refugees -- Services for -- Scandinavia
Refugee children -- Services for -- Scandinavia
Women refugees -- Services for -- Scandinavia
Refugees -- Mental health services -- Scandinavia
Refugee children -- Mental health services -- Scandinavia
Women refugees -- Mental health services -- Scandinavia
War victims -- Services for -- Scandinavia
Torture victims -- Services for -- Scandinavia
Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Scandinavia
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Mental health services.
Refugees -- psychology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Mental Health Services
Human rights.
Mental health services.
Social welfare & social services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Mental health services
War victims -- Services for
Torture victims -- Services for
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Refugee children -- Mental health services
Refugee children -- Services for
Refugees -- Mental health services
Refugees -- Services for
Women refugees -- Services for
SUBJECT Scandinavian and Nordic Countries
Subject Scandinavia
Form Electronic book
Author Overland, Gwynyth Jones, editor
Guribye, Eugene, editor
Lie, Birgit, editor
ISBN 1443867772
9781443867771