Mental health of young asylum seekers and refugees in the context of COVID-19
Duration: 25 mins
DOI: 10.13056/acamh.21352
Description
In this podcast, we are joined by Dr. Matthew Hodes, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Imperial College London. The focus of this podcast is on the mental health of young refugees and asylum seekers. Furthermore, with ‘Healing’ as the theme of Refugee Week 2022 (20 – 26 June), Matthew comments on how optimistic he is that healing is possible for dislocated children and young people.
Learning Objectives
1. Impact of psychological distress and psychiatric disorder as it relates to child and young asylum seekers and refugees.
2. Mental health of young asylum seekers and refugees in the context of COVID-19, and insights into what additional burdens the pandemic has posed to child and adolescent asylum seekers and refugees.
3. Access to and provision of services for asylum seekers and refugees, as well as the types of barriers and challenges that affect this group.
4. Best practice to treat mental wellbeing of child and adolescent refugees and asylum seekers, plus shares his advice for CAMH professionals working with this group.
5. What socio-economic interventions are known to support young asylum seekers and refugees and shares his message to policy makers.
