Showing posts with label reconstructing trauma. Show all posts
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Saturday, September 16, 2017

REFUGEE MENTAL HEALTH

Refugee Homebased Mental Health Services Provided By IMI:
Deals with PTSD Cases as shown below;
-Stress from experiences of fleeing
-Loss of ability to attain basic survival needs
-Loss of social status, identity and individuality
-Stress of exposure to a new language, new race, and cultural demands
-Sense of frustration and isolation, difficult to express needs - due to language problem
-Separation from/loss of family member
-Inability to communicate to separated relatives
-Stress of prolonged crowded conditions
-Physical fatigue,stress from sleep deprivation and poor nutrition
-Stress from being burden to or unwanted by host country
-Competitive, hoarding, selfishness, violence and guilt by threat to survival
-Ego fears

IMI EXPERIENCE ON REFUGEES
IMI experience on refugees showed that Economic Migrations was made possible by globalization whose forces of demand and supply were felt by every country. The economic insecurities made the possibilities of migrations even stronger as it was only way to survive poverty. ‘Nationalism’ was exhibited as a natural aggressive reaction to new comers, which without leadership EMs risked being injured or killed for the fear of altering control and benefit of available economic opportunities. Sustainable Development was made possible by tolerant and accommodating leadership that took advantage of the working age of EMs to generate revenue in form of tax while at the same time remitting millions of dollars back to their native countries to support families and the economy. Conclusion and Recommendations: EMs motives were genuine and necessary for survival of populations bypassed by development. The fears to new comers (EMs) were expected and normal just as one would react to any change whether good or bad. Good governance was key to sustainable development with supported efforts of EMs. Eventually outcomes were good for everyone –including the nationalists. Thus, there was need to relax restriction on EMs, management of extreme fears of nationalist and for EMs to learn to cope while institutions protect sections of the community that are insecure and at risk of violence, and expansion of infrastructure to accommodate and reduce negative pressure on available resources in order to transform the new situation (EMs and Nationalism) to benefit all for a long-term basis –with due consideration of the renewability and continued benefit from the environment resources.
HOW YOU CAN BE INVOLVED
As client
As volunteer
As service activity sponsor
As client sponsor
As fundraiser
As donor/funder
As ambassador
As development partner
As friend
Visit us
Visit our blog www.integratedmhi.blogspot.ug
Visit our facebook page: www.facebook.com/integratedmentalhealthinitiative
HOW YOU CAN REACH US
Telephone: +256774336277 or +256752542504
Email: waiswajacobo@yahoo.co.uk or dishma.imhs@gmail.com

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