Special Issue: critical reflections on refugee integration: lessons from international perspectives

Legal status and refugee integration: a UK perspective/ Sylvie Da Lomba,

When policy creates politics: the problematizing of immigration and the consequences for refugee integration in the UK/ Gareth Mulvey,

State assisted integration: refugee integration policies in Scandinavian welfare states: the Swedish and Norwegian experience/ Marko Valenta and Nihad Bunar,

Living in limbo: integration of forced migrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina in Slovenia/ Natalija Vrecer,

Sous le masque de la dangerosite, le trauma = Under the mask of dangerousness, the trauma

Résumé / AbstractLes manifestations psychotraumatiques différées trouvent à côté du syndrome de répétition des modalités d'expression variées, en particulier chez l'adolescent. Le retentissement comportemental est parfois au premier plan, avec une clinique se déclinant autour du spectre de la violence et de l'agressivité impliquant une potentielle dangerosité par la menace qu'elle fait peser sur autrui. Le caractère bruyant de cette symptomatologie ne doit pas occulter, au-delà de la description phénoménologique, les déterminants sous-jacents.

Somatic Diseases in Child Survivors of the Holocaust With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

The incidence of mental and somatic sequelae has been shown to be very high in people who survived the Holocaust. In the current study, 80 Holocaust survivors with posttraumatic stress disorder were examined based on evaluation of their complete record (medical reports, clinical history, medical statements, and handwritten declarations of patients under oath). These survivors were compared with subjects with posttraumatic stress disorder caused by traumata other than the Holocaust.

Social support, oxytocin, and PTSD

AbstractBackground: A lack of social support and recognition by the environment is one of the most consistent risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and PTSD patients will recover faster with proper social support. The oxytocin system has been proposed to underlie beneficial effects of social support as it is implicated in both social bonding behavior and reducing stress responsivity, notably amygdala reactivity (Koch et al., 2014, Olff et al., 2010, Olff, 2012).

Social connectedness: A potential aetiological factor in the development of child post-traumatic stress disorder

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate a new social connectedness factor and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in children who experienced a cyclone disaster. Method: Three months post-disaster school-based screening for PTSD was conducted. 804 children (mean age=10.22 years, SD=1.24) participated. 12.0% of children reported severe or very severe PTSD symptoms. Results: Low connected children, adjusted for age, gender and independent of cyclone exposure and threat perception, were 3.96 times more likely to experience severe to very severe PTSD.

Social capital and post-disaster mental health

AbstractBackground: Despite national and international policies to develop social capital in disaster-affected communities, empiric evidence on the association between social capital and disaster mental health is limited and ambiguous.Objective: The study explores the relationship between social capital and disaster mental health outcomes (PTSD, anxiety, and depression) in combination with individual factors (appraisal, coping behavior, and social support).Design: This is a community-based cross-sectional study in a flood-affected town in northern England.

Social capital and mental health in Japan: a multilevel analysis

AbstractBackgroundA national cross-sectional survey was conducted in Japan. This is because the growing recognition of the social determinants of health has stimulated research on social capital and mental health. In recent years, systematic reviews have found that social capital may be a useful factor in the prevention of mental illness.

Social capital and health : implications for health promotion

AbstractThis article is a review of the PhD Thesis of Malin Eriksson, entitled 'Social capital, health and community action - implications for health promotion.' The article presents a theoretical overview of social capital and its relation to health, reviews empirical findings of the links between social capital and (self-rated) health, and discusses the usefulness of social capital in health promotion interventions at individual and community levels.

Social capital and disaster mental health

Background: Despite national and international policies to develop social capital in disaster-affected communities, empiric evidence on the association between social capital and disaster mental health is limited and ambiguous.Objective: The study explores the relationship between social capital and disaster mental health outcomes (PTSD, anxiety, and depression) in combination with individual factors (appraisal, coping behavior, and social support).Design: This is a community-based cross-sectional study in a flood-affected town in northern England.

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