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Editorial Health and Social Care in Post-Migration Contexts Charles Watters Director,The European Centre for the Study of Migration and Social Care, University of Kent Clinically orientated research on migrant populations typically focuses on seeking to determine the extent to which migrants suffer from particular illnesses. In studies of forced migration,attention has frequently been directed at assessing the extent to which refugee populations suffer from particular mental illness, for example depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Reported research findings on the prevalence of PTSD in refugee populations has suggested rates ranging between seven and fifty per cent compared to about one per cent of the general population (Beiser, 1999). Clinically orientated research on PTSD among forced migrants has been subjected to a high degree of critical scrutiny, not least because of a perceived tendency to psychologise problems in ways that do not reflect migrantsâ own views of their problems and appropriate remedial action. While debate continues on the efficacy and appropriateness of clinical measures, broader concerns are raised about the impact of the political and social contexts in which migrants are received. There is, for example, a growing body of evidence highlighting links between specific policies aimed at deterring
International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care – Pier Professional
Published: Mar 1, 2006
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