Mental health care for refugees and asylum seekers

This project investigates mental health service provisions for refugees and asylum seekers in the Netherlands, paying special attention to the cultural appropriateness of the services provided and the misunderstandings which can arise of   culturally-determined differences in expectations.

The project comprises three phases:

Inventorisation of mental health services. A study of cultural differences in the interactions between mental health workers and refugees/asylum seekers.

In-depth studies of two questions arising from phases 1 and 2:

The role of political factors in the way refugees experience their problems. Service provision for refugees in the context of provisions for other migrants.

Reports,
Workshop, Symposium: Symposium on "Rethinking mental health care for refugees and asylum-seekers’, 24th April 1999
Utrecht Expert workshop on "The mental health of refugees and asylum-seekers", 20th June 1998, Utrecht

Prof. David Ingleby

• Prof. Charles Westin, Director, Centre for Research in International Migration and Ethnic relations, Stockholm University, Sweden
• Dr. Charles Watters, Director, European Centre for the Study of the Social Care of Minority Groups and Refugees, University of Kent, Canterbury, England
• Drs. Sander Kramer, Faculty of Social Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
• Drs Rinske Boomstra, Faculty of Social Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands