Mental Health Practice With Immigrant and Refugee Youth: A Socioecological Framework

Author:   B. Heidi Ellis ,  Saida Abdi ,  Jeffrey P Winer
Publisher:   American Psychological Association
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Pages:   152
Publication Date:   12 November 2019
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Author:   B. Heidi Ellis ,  Saida Abdi ,  Jeffrey P Winer
Publisher:   American Psychological Association
Imprint:   American Psychological Association
Weight:   0.241kg
ISBN:  

9781433831492


ISBN 10:   143383149
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   12 November 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Preface Chapter 1. Introduction to Refugees and Immigrants: Newcomers to the United States Chapter 2. Working Cross Culturally Chapter 3. Engaging Refugee and Immigrant Families in Mental Health Services Chapter 4. Assessment with Refugee and Immigrant Youth and Families Chapter 5. Outpatient Treatment Approaches with Refugee Children and Families Chapter 6. Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Models of Care Chapter 7: Refugees in Our Communities: Promoting Whole Community Resilience References

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B. Heidi Ellis, PhD, is director of the Refugee Trauma and Resilience Center at Boston Children’s Hospital, and an associate professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Her research focuses on understanding trauma exposure, violence, and how the social context impacts developmental trajectories. For more than a decade she has built a community-based participatory research (CBPR) program with Somali refugees.  Through this program she has investigated the role of discrimination in refugee youth mental health, and developed and evaluated a school-based mental health intervention for Somali refugee youth. Dr. Ellis is also the codeveloper of trauma systems therapy, a treatment model for traumatized children. Saida M. Abdi, PhD, is an assistant professor in the School of Social Work in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota . She is a clinical social worker, and an expert in refugee trauma and resilience. She earned her PhD from Boston University. She is a native of Somalia and a former refugee herself. Dr. Abdi has worked for more than 20 years in the area of refugee youth and families, developing school-based programs to support adjustment of refugee youth in resettlement and community-based research and intervention. Jeffrey P. Winer, PhD, is an attending psychologist at the Refugee Trauma and Resilience Center at Boston Children's Hospital and is an instructor of psychology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Winer’s work is primarily focused on developing, testing, and disseminating culturally-responsive psychological interventions for youth and families of refugee and immigrant backgrounds.Dr. Winer received his BA from Grinnell College and his MS and PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He completed his clinical internship at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School and his fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School. He also maintains a private practice.

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