Supporting the Mental Health of Migrant Children, Youth, and Families, An Issue of ChildAnd Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

1st Edition, Volume 33-2 - February 26, 2024
Editors: Meg Cary, Joshua Feder, Alison Ward
Language: English
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In this issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics, guest editors Drs. Meg Cary, Joshua Feder, and Alison Ward bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Behavioral Health Needs of Migrant Youth. Top experts in the field discuss the most recent information on policy, practices, and systems of care approaches regarding serving the mental health needs of immigrant and refugee children, youth, and their families. This issue highlights trauma-informed practices, cultural considerations, and systems of care.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Forthcoming Issues
Preface
Interview
Upholding the Human Rights and Well-Being of Refugee Children Through Effective Clinical Care
Key points
Introduction
Mental health and systems of care
Treatment options
Summary
Clinics care points
Cultural Considerations and Response to Trauma for Displaced Children at the Border
Key points
Introduction
Cultural background
The Children’s narratives
Barriers to care
Culturally modified evidence-based treatment
Culturally modified trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy
Contact and engage
Resilience resources
Gender roles
Summary
Clinics care points
Unaccompanied Children in the Office of Refugee Resettlement Care
Key points
Introduction
Unaccompanied children pathway into, through, and out of Office of Refugee Resettlement care
Health services given to unaccompanied children in Office of Refugee Resettlement custody
Summary
Clinics care points
Understanding the Legal Rights and Mental Health Needs of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children in US Government Custody and Beyond
Key points
Introduction
Overview of trauma that unaccompanied children may experience
Overview of the mental health rights of unaccompanied children
Summary
Advocacy and Policy: A Focus on Migrant Youth
Key points
Vignette: Advocacy cultivates advocacy
Introduction
Understanding advocacy
Policy and population health
How can child and adolescent psychiatrists advocate for migrant children and families?
Community-level advocacy
Policy-level advocacy
Summary
Clinics care points
Trauma Informed Best Practices and Resiliency
Key points
Introduction
Principles of trauma-informed care
Developmental tasks and impact of immigrant/refugee trauma
Environment: how to set up for connections and conversations
Understanding and navigating the shifting goals of interaction
Summary: putting it all together–building a full understanding of the child/youth
Clinics care points
Trauma Exposure in Migrant Children: Impact on Sleep and Acute Treatment Interventions
Key points
Introduction
Background
Normative sleep patterns and characteristics of pediatric insomnia
Theories for etiologies for sleep deprivation in trauma-exposed youth
Link of sleep disruption to suicide risk
Treatment considerations
Prazosin
Propranolol
Alpha-2 agonists
Antidepressants
Discussion
Summary and future directions
Clinics care points
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Our Migrant Youth
Key points
Background
Diagnosis
Prevalence
Discussion
Considerations
Interventions
Future directions
Summary
Clinics care points
Management of Psychiatric Emergencies Among Migrant Youth in Institutional and Community Settings
Key points
Introduction
Definitions
Background
Consequences of the pandemic and other developments
Where are the emergencies?
Mental health issues in migrant youth: Types of behavioral emergencies
General approach to psychiatric emergencies
Triage and safety
Summary
Clinics care points
Moving Forward in Mental Health Care for Refugee, Asylum-Seeking, and Undocumented Children: Social Determinants, Phased Approach to Care, and Advocacy
Key points
Introduction
The landscape of risk and protective factors
Challenges and future directions in assessment and intervention: toward a phased approach to care
Clinical Work and Advocacy
Clinics care points
Acculturating Systems of Care to Ensure Healthy Futures for Latine Migrant Youth
Key points
Introduction
Latine migrant youth: an abbreviated history
Premigration factors
Postmigration factors
Systems of care considerations
Summary
Clinics care points
Worcester Refugee Assistance Project: An Example of Strengths-Based, Community-Based, Culturally Sensitive Care
Key points
Introduction
Worcester refugee assistance project
System of care framework
System of care framework at worcester refugee assistance project
Further challenges
Summary
Acknowledgments
Clinics care points