Uprooting and Surviving: Adaptation and Resettlement of Migrant Families and Children

by Roberta Nannucci

Overview

The publication of this volume is significant in three respects. First, it represents a major concern of the international mental health movement in its effort to gain deeper understanding of migration and its mental health implications in our increasingly mobile modern societies. Second, it epitomizes continuous international cooperation of colleagues dedicated to the cause of tackling this important mental health problem. Third, it stands as another milestone in the growth of the World Federation for Mental Health through its biennial world congresses. I sincerely hope that the empirical observations of real·life events contained in this volume will stimulate others to add their own experiences and perspectives on these topics at future congresses. It is also hoped that certain models of problem solving reported by the collaborators of this book may find wider application and that the results will be communicated to others. It is through such ensuing developments that the World Federation for Mental Health wishes to, and can, fulfIll its roles of advocacy and international communication in promoting international mental health. My gratitude goes to Richard Nann and his colleagues for having made this timely contribution available.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789400977365
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	10/12/2011
Series:	Priority Issues in Mental Health , #2
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982
Pages:	194
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Uprooting and Surviving — An Overview.- Problems of Vietnamese Refugees in the United States.- Life Changes among the Vietnamese Refugees.- Innovative Mental Health Services for IndoChinese Refugees in the United States.- Beginning an Asian/Pacific Mental Health Clinic.- The Children of Immigrants in the Netherlands: Social Position and Implied Risks for Mental Health.- Education and Socialisation of Migrants’ Children in Sweden with Special Reference to Bilingualism and Biculturalism.- The Cultural Adjustment of Immigrant Children in English Canada.- Settlement Programs for Immigrant Women and Families.- The Threshold Model: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding and Assisting Children of Immigrants.- The Foreign Student’s Sojourn as a High Risk Situation: The “Culture-Shock” Phenomenon Re-Examined.- An Elaboration of the “Culture-Shock” Phenomenon: Adjustment Problems of Japanese Youth Returning From Overseas.- Some Social and Psychiatric Aspects of Uprooting among Turkish Immigrant Workers in West Germany.- Migration in a Developing Country: Risk and Opportunity.- Mental Health of Mainland Chinese in Hong Kong.- Experiences of Chinese Immigrants in Canada: (A) Building an Indigenous Support System.- Experiences of Chinese Immigrants in Canada: (B) Mental Health Services.- Experiences of Chinese Immigrants in Canada: (C) Patterns of Help-Seeking and Socio-Cultural Determinants.- List of Contributors.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.