Reform emerged in France by the initiative in the early 19th century of Phillippe Pinel, who founded “moral treatment” in a mental asylum in Paris. He recognized mental illness as a medical condition and converted patient care to a gentler supportive environment releasing patients from chains and...
Long-term residents (over 6 months) and registered asylum-seekers are covered in the healthcare insurance system. It is organised in two main sectors; primary, which includes long-term care services, general practitioners and emergency care, and secondary which includes hospital and specialised ...
on the community, household and personal well-being of a young person seeking asylum. The socioecological framework encompasses the dynamic relationships of an individual with the social environment. Fig. 3: Characteristics of a mental health-friendly city rank-ordered by socioecological domain (intrap...
refugee and asylum communities in the U.S. We begin in Chicago, a city founded by a Haitian immigrant that has the fourth-largest immigrant population in the country. The series is a collaboration between the Chicago bureau ofMindSite Newsandpalabra, a multimedia p...
131.Hall, B. J., *Zhang, Y., *Li, K., *Garabiles, M. R., & Latkin, C. (2020). Domestic workers from the Philippines in China: An opportunity for health promotion within the Belt and Road initiative.Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health,22, 1-2. doi:doi.org/10.1007/s10903...
boarding house and the woman of the house called in the police. They arrested her and took her to the station-house. She didn’t understand the proceedings because of the language barrier and the judge paid no attention to her protests. She was locked up in the insane asylum in no time...
The study “Equity in health in times of pandemic: assessment of the impact on mental health and well-being of the Brazilian and Cape Verdean population in Portugal (EQUALS4COVID19)”, is supported by a grant by the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (PT/2021/FAMI/697). Institutional ...