Health Evidence Network Synthesis Report, No. 47
The increasing number of refugees, asylum seekers and irregular migrants poses a challenge for mental health services in Europe. This review found that these groups are exposed to risk factors for mental disorders before, during and after migration.
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The prevalence rates of psychotic, mood and substance use disorders in these groups are variable but overall are similar to those in the host populations; however, the rates of post-traumatic stress disorder in refugees and asylum seekers are higher.
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IK Notes No. 10 July 1999 | IK Notes reports periodically on Indigenous Knowledge (IK) initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is published by the Africa Region's Knowledge and Learning Center as part of an evolving IK partnership between the World Bank, communities, NGOs, development institutions and
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multilateral organizations. T
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Some 32% of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ukraine suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of the conflict in the eas
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Among the 2,203 respondents surveyed across Ukraine, the study also found a high prevalence of mental disorders such as depression (22%) and anxiety (17%), particularly among women. This has a significant effect on family and community relations, the ability to work or even do basic tasks such as walking.
Moreover, the study noted that 74% of respondents in need of psychiatric care do not receive it, mainly due to a high cost of mental healthcare and medicine.
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Traumatic experiences arising from flight from war zones can lead to distressing symptoms, which impair everyday life. The symptoms often subside with time but sometimes persist. People exhibiting symptoms resulting from trauma should seek medical h
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elp.
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TRAUMA & GEWALT 5. Jahrgang Heft 3/2011
This guide covers: Treatment That Works; Myths About Treatment; Success Stories; Resources | Do you or a loved one have PTSD? There is no need to suffer. Treatment works. If you have PTSD—posttraumatic stress disorder — you don’t have to suff
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er. There are good treatments that can help. This booklet describes therapies and medications that are proven to help people with PTSD.
You’ll hear from experts about what treatment is like, and how it can help you. Don’t let PTSD get in the way of your enjoyment of life, hurt your relationships, or cause problems for you at
work or school. PTSD treatment works.
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This expansive facilitator's guide deals with psychosocial interventions concerning multiple causes of trauma such as HIV and AIDS and post-conflict situations. The guide offers technical advice to the implementor which is usefully augmented by diag
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rams, ideas for games and other useful interventions
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Kurzfilme über psychische und körperliche Beschwerden nach Flucht und Migration und zu Selbsthilfe n in 13 Sprachen:
Viele Geflüchtete entwickeln körperliche und psychische Beschwerden, wenn sie „angekommen“ sind. Schlafstörungen, Herzrasen oder Unruhe können Anzeichen der Verarbeitung s
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chwieriger Ereignisse sein. Was betroffene Menschen dagegen tun können, zeigt ein Kurzfilm des Max-Planck-Instituts für Psychiatrie (MPI). Der Film "Flucht und Trauma" für Geflüchtete und Helfer klärt über mögliche körperliche und psychische Symptome nach Flucht und Migration auf - zur Entlastung und als Aufforderung, sich Hilfe zu holen. Der zweite Film "Flucht und Trauma - Selbsthilfe" informiert über Möglichkeiten, sich selbst zu helfen.
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The Lancet Published Online June 11, 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30934-1
More than one-in-five people living in conflict-affected areas suffers from a mental illness, according to a new UN-backed report, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to call for increased, sustained
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investment in mental health services in those zones.
Around 22 per cent of those affected, suffer depression, anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorder, according to this analysis.
The study also shows that about nine per cent of conflict-affected populations have a moderate to severe mental health condition; substantially higher than the global estimate for these mental health conditions in the general population.
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Afghanistan has one of the largest populations per capita of persons with disabilities in the world. At least one in five Afghan households includes an adult or child with a serious physical, sensory, intellectual, or psychosocial disability. More than 40 years of war have left more than one million
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Afghans with amputated limbs and other mobility, visual, or hearing disabilities. Many Afghans have psychosocial disabilities (mental health conditions) such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress, which are often a direct result of the protracted conflict. Other Afghans have pre-existing disabilities not directly related to the conflict, such as those caused by polio.
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PTSD Rating Scales: Two rating scales can be used by clinicians to help identify children's or adolescents' exposure to child abuse, interpersonal violence and other traumatic events, to identify PTSD symptoms, and to monitor symptoms. These are the
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UCLA PTSD Reaction Index (RI) and the Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS). The RI is rated separately by the child or adolescent and a parent; the CPSS is rated only by the child or adolescent. This is the Child PTSD Symptom Scale. | Accessed online February 2019
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can develop in children and teens after experiencing or witnessing a major trauma. Children and teens with PT
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SD can have a number of symptoms after a trauma that fall into three categories: 1) Reliving the trauma in some way, 2) Attempting to avoid anything that reminds the child or teen of the trauma, or 3) Very high anxiety (also called "hyperarousal") and being easily startled. Children and teens with PTSD usually have some symptoms from each of these categories.
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Es handelt sich um Hilfen für den psychosozialen Notfall, die - in den USA entwickelt - in Kooperation mit der TU Braunschweig übersetzt wurden. Es handelt sich dabei um unterschiedliche Texte für verschiedene Situationen - von einer einfachen diagnostischen Hilfe über allgemeine Informationen
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ber den psychosozialen Notfall und seine möglichen Folgen bis zu Empfehlungen für ganz spezifische Gruppen von Betroffenen.“ Die Hilfen für den psychosozialen Notfall stehen in den folgenden Sprachen zum Download zur Verfügung: Deutsch, Englisch, Türkisch, Russisch, Persisch, Italienisch
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Around the world, nurses are working under enormous pressure providing care to sick and dying patients during the pandemic. Many are faced with increased stress, and other negative effects on their mental health. They are also faced with the possibi
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lity of infection and death from COVID-19. Before the pandemic there was a global shortage of nurses, but this is likely to be exacerbated by the increased demands of caring during COVID-19 as well as the usual care of non-COVID patients.
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Compared to their native counterparts, immigrants and refugees are at higher risk for developing mental health problems due to previous trauma and/or the stress of migration and resettlement; such as war, violence, poverty, and acculturation.
В концепции стресса(от англ. stress–напряжение), впервые сформулированнойв 1936 годуканадским физиологом Гансом Селье, выделяетсядва
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ипа стресса –эустресс, как что-то оптимально переносимое психикой и необходимое для её благополучного функционирования, и дистресс -стресс, превосходящий индивидуальные ресурсы переносимости. Один и тот же стрессор может вызвать различные последствия у разных людей, что связано, по мнениюСелье,с «факторами обусловливания», которые избирательно усиливают или тормозят то илииное проявление стресса.
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Посттравматический стресс – это нормальная реакция на тяжелые травмирующие события.
В этом буклете рассматриваются признаки, симптомы и способы лечения ПТСР.