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Podcast: The Mental Elf
Episode: The Global Human Rights and Mental Health Crisis of Forced Displacement
Description: The Global Human Rights and Mental Health Crisis of Forced DisplacementInterviewer Zac Steel @zacharysteelBrian Hall @brianhallphd, Kenneth Miller @KennethEMiller, Andrew Rasmussen, Amit BernsteinMore than 70 million people are forcibly displaced by violence, war, ethnic cleansing, hunger and related tragic events. Repeated trauma exposure and post-migration stressors that characterize the refugee experience are a human rights and global public mental health crisis. Policy makers, non-governmental organizations, practitioners, and leaders of refugee communities, face a daunting set of questions and hurdles to develop and implement mental health care for refugees. This team presenting at #ISTSS2019 discuss the challenges and possible responses that the...