References on Mental Health and Wellbeing of Refugees, Asylum Seekers &

Migrants

This page provides details of evidence-based research on refugees and migrant populations by
national and international mental health organisations, professionals, academic and research bodies
with experience and expert knowledge of working with diverse refugees, asylum seekers and
migrant populations in the UK and across the globe.

Please use the information and/or links provided to access the research papers.

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Agaiba, C., & Wilson, J. (2005). Trauma, PTSD, and resilience: a review of the literature. Trauma
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Barreto, M., Spear, R., Ellemers, N., & Shahinper, K. (2003). Who wants to know the effect of
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Berge, R., & Weiss, T. (2003). Immigration and Posttraumatic Growth A Missing Link. Journal
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Beshir, R. (2012). The problems of mental health in the Eritrean community in London.
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Bhugra, D. et al (2010). The Mental Health of Refugees and Asylum Seekers. Oxford University
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Bhugra, D., & Becker, M. (2005). Migration, cultural bereavement and cultural identity. World
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Bhugra, D., Craig, T., & Bhui, K. (editors) (2010). Mental Health of Refugees & Asylum Seekers.
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Bhui, K. (2015). Apples, refugees and emotions. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 207, 369 70.
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Bhui, K., Abdi, A., Abdi, M., Pereira, S., Dualeh, M. et al (2003). Traumatic events, migration
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Bhui, K., Audini, B., Singh, S. et al (2006). Representation of asylum seekers and refugees among
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Bhui, K., Craig, T., Mohamud, S. et al (2007). Mental disorders among Somali refugees. Social
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Bhurga, D., Gupta, S., Bhui, K., Craig, T., Dogra, N., Ingleby, J.D., Kirkbride, J., Moussaout, D.,
Nazroo, J., Qureshi, A., Stompe, T., & Tribe, R. (2011). World Psychiatric Association Guidance on
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Bloch, A. (2006). Emigration from Zimbabwe: migrant perspectives. Social Policy &
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Bogner, D., Brewin, C., & Herlihy, J. (2009). Refugees experiences of Home Office interviews.
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BPS (2008). Working with interpreters in health settings. Guidance for psychologists. Prepared
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Bracken, P., & Gorst-Unsworth, C. (1991). The mental state of detained asylum seekers.
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Bracken, P., & Petty, C., (1998). Rethinking the Trauma of War. London: Free Association Books.

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Brewin, C. (2011). The Nature and Significance of Memory Disturbance in Posttraumatic Stress
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Britton, E., Lawrenson, R., & Fuller, J. (2000). The prevalence of depression in Turkish speaking
patients in an east London general practice. Primary Care Psychiatry, 6, 1.
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Burck, C. (2004). Living in two languages: implications for therapy. Journal of Family Therapy,
26, 314 339.

Burnett, A., & Peel, M. (2001). Asylum seekers and refugees in Britain: health needs of asylum
seekers and refugees. British Medical Journal, 322, 544 547. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov).

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Capdevila, R., & Callaghan, J. (2007). Its not racists. Its common sense a critical analysis of
political discourse around asylum and immigration in the UK. Journal of Community & Applied
Social Psychology, 18, 1, 1 16.

Centruy, G., Leavey, G., & Payne, H. (2007). The experience of working with refugees:
counsellors in primary care. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 35, 1.
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Connor, P. (2010). Explaining the Refugee Gap: economic outcomes of refugees versus other
immigrants. Journal of Refugee Studies, 23, 378 397.

Craig, T. (2010). Mental distress & psychological interventions in refugee populations. In Mental
Health of Refugees & Asylum Seekers. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Crumlish, N., & ORourke, K. (2010). A systematic review of treatments for post-traumatic stress
disorder among refugees and asylum seekers. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 198, 237
251.

De Haene, L., Rober, P., Adriaenssens, P., & Verschureren, K. (2012). Voices of Dialogue and
Directivity in Family Therapy with Refugees: evolving ideas about dialogical refuge care. Family
Process, 51, 391 404.

DeJong, J., Komproe, I., & Van Ommeren, M. (2003). Common mental disorders in postconflict
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Douglas, A.R. (2010). Working with bereaved asylum seekers and refugees. Bereavement Care,
29, 3, 5 9.

Drozdek, B., & Bolwerk, N. (2010). Evaluation of group therapy with tranaumatised asylum
seekers and refugees: The Den Bosch Model, Traumatology, 16, 4, 117 127.

Drozdek, B., & Bolwerk, N. (2010). Group therapy with traumatised asylum seekers and
refugees: for whom it works and for whom it does not? Traumatology, 16, 4, 160 167.

Drozdek, B., & Wilson, J.P. (2007). Voices of Trauma: Treating Psychological Trauma Across
Cultures. Springer.

Dunkerely, D., Scourfield, J., Maegusuku, T. & Smalley, N. (2005). The experiences of frontline
staff working with children seeking asylum. Social Policy of Administration, 39, 6, 640 652.

Dwyer, P. (2005). Governance, forced migration and welfare. Social Policy & Administration, 39,
6, 622 639.

Ehntholt, K.A. & Yule, W. (2006). Assessment and treatment of refugee children and adolescents
who have experienced war-related trauma. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 47, 12,
1197 1210.

Every, D., & Augoustinos, M. (2008). Taking advantage of fleeing persecution? Opposing
accounts of asylum seeking. Journal of Social Linguistics, 12, 5, 648 667.

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Faith, P. (2012). Mothering from a distance: the impact on mental health and integration of
migrant mothers who left children behind in their country of origin. Research Report, Evelyn
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Farsimadan, F. (2011). The effects of a Middle Eastern (Iranian) heritage. In C. Lago. (Ed.).
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Farsimadan, F., Draghai-Lorenz, R., & Ellis, J. (2007). Process and outcome of the therapy in
ethnicity similar and dissimilar therapeutic dyads. Psychotherapy Research, 17, 5, 567 75.

Farsimadan, F., Khan, A., Draghai-Lorenz, R. (2011). On Ethnic Matching: a review of the
research and consideration for practice, training and policy. In C. Lago. (Ed.). Handbook of
Transcultural Counselling & Psychotherapy, (pp. 65 80). Berkshire: Open University Press.

Fazel, M., Wheeler, J., & Danesh, J. (2005). Prevalence of serious mental disorder in 7000
refugees resettled in western countries: a systematic review. Lancet, 365, 1309 1314.

Feldman, R. (2013). When maternity doesnt matter: dispersing pregnant women seeking
asylum. Evaluation Report, Maternity Action; Refugee Council.
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Ferrari, M. (Eds.) (2014). Handbook of Resilience in Children of War. New York, NY: Springer
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Friedman, M., & Marsella, A. (1996). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: an overview of the concept.
In A. Marsella, M. Friedman, E. Gerrity and R. Scurfield, (Eds.) Ethnocultural Aspects of Post-
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Gabriel, J., & Ritchie, H. (2002). Daryeelka Maanka: an evaluation of a Somali mental health
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Ganissin, S., & Holmes, P. (2013). Multilingual research practices in community research: the
case of migrant / refugee women in North East England. International Journal of Applied
Linguistics. 23, 3, 283 403.

German, M. (2004). Enabling reconnection: Educational Psychologists supporting

unaccompanied, separated, asylum seeker / refugee children. Educational and Child Psychology.
Special Issue: Loss, Separation and Bereavement, 21, 6 29.

German, M. (2004). Working with Somali boys in a secondary school: An Educating Experience.
In P Travers & & G. Klein (Eds.). Equal Measures: ethnic minority and bilingual pupils in
secondary schools, (pp. 65 77). Stoke on Trent: Trentham.

German, M. (2006). Asylum Seeking Women with Young Children: A Transcultural Exploratory
Study of their Experiences of Early Years Education and Living in the UK. Unpublished Doctoral
Thesis, Tavistock Centre / Essex University.

German, M. (2008). Educational psychologists promoting the emotional wellbeing and resilience
of refugee parents. Educational and Child Psychology, 25, 91 103.

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German, M. (2013). Developing our cultural strengths: using the Tree of Life strength-based,
narrative therapy intervention in schools, to enhance self-esteem, cultural understanding and to
challenge racism. Educational and Child Psychology, 30, 4, 75 99.

German, M., & Ehntholt, K. (2007). Working with refugee children & families. The Psychologist,
20, 152 155.

Gidley, B., & Jayaweera, H. (2010). An evidence base on migration and integration in London.
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Girma, M., Radice, S., Tsangardies, N., & Walter, N. (2014). Detained: women asylum seekers
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Goodman, S., Burke, S., Liebling, H., Zasada (2015). I cant go back because if I go back I would
die: how asylum seekers manage talk about returning home by highlighting the importance of
safety. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 25, 4, 327 339.

Gorst-Unsworth, C., & Goldenberg, E. (1998). Psychological sequelae of torture and organised
violence suffered by refugees from Iraq. Trauma-related factors compared with social factors in
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Green, L. (2002). Experiences of a refugee support psychology service.

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Grey, N. (2008). Cognitive behaviour therapy with refugees and asylum seekers experiencing
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Guregard, S., & Seikkula, J. (2013). Establishing Therapeutic Dialogue with Refugee Families.
Contemporary Family Therapy, 2, 1 17.

Hanson-Easey, S., & Moloney, G. (2009). Social representations of refugees: place of origin as a
delineating resource. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 19, 6, 506 514.

Haroon, S. (2008). The health needs of asylum seekers, briefing statement. The Faculty of Public
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Harvey, M. (2009). Towards an Ecological Understanding of Resilience in Trauma Survivors.

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, 14, 9 32.

Herlihy, J., Jobson, L., & Turner, S. (2012). Just tell us what happened to you: autobiographical
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Hinton, D., Pham, T., Tran, M., Safren, S., Otto, M., & Pollack, M. (2004). CBT for Vietnamese
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Hodes, M. (2004). Refugee children in the UK. In M. Malek & C. Joughin, (Eds.). Mental Health
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Hollifield, M., Verbillis-Kolp, S., Farmer, B., Toolson, E.C., Woldenhaimanot, Y., Yamazaki, J.,
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Hollifield, M., Warner, T., Lian, N., Krakow, B., Jenkins, J., Kesler, J., Stevenson, J., &
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Hughes, G. (2014). Finding a voice through The Tree of Life. A strength-based approach to
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IASC Reference Group for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings.
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Marlowe, J. (2010). Beyond the Discourse of Trauma: Shifting the Focus on Sudanese Refugees.
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Psychologist.

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