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Category Archives: Mental Health Tools

Refugee Services Toolkit

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Elizabeth Costello

Boston Children’s Hospital Center for Refugee Trauma & Resilience created this web-based toolkit to help service providers understand the experience of refugee children and families, identify their mental health needs, and ensure they are connected with the most appropriate available interventions.

Posted in Mental Health Tools, Suicide Prevention Tools

Webinar: Suicide Among Refugees

Posted on July 27, 2012 by apower

This RHTAC webinar examines the risk factors for suicide among refugees, and strategies for prevention.

Posted in Mental Health Tools, Suicide Prevention Tools

Webinar: Promoting Successful Adjustment for Refugee Youth

Posted on July 27, 2012 by apower

This webinar discusses the risk and protective processes most critical to refugee youth adjustment, provides effective family strengthening models that promote positive youth adjustment, and discusses the latest research on mentoring for refugee youth.

Posted in Mental Health Tools, Refugee Youth

Refugee Health Screener-15

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Elizabeth Costello

The Refugee Health Screener-15 (RHS-15) is a tool developed by Pathways to Wellness to sensitively detect the range of emotional distress common across refugee groups. The RHS-15 Packet provides instructions for using the tool in various settings.

Posted in Mental Health Tools

Webinar Series: Introducing and Operationalizing the RHS-15

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Elizabeth Costello

Part 1 of this series introduces the Refugee Health Screener-15 and provides tools and strategies for using this mental health screening tool in various settings. In Part 2, clinical considerations and site-specific decisions are used to discuss how the RHS-15 may be integrated into communities throughout the U.S.

Posted in Mental Health Screening, Mental Health Tools

Webinar: Refugee Mental Health

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Elizabeth Costello

This webinar covers the mental health needs of refugees in primary care settings as well as best practices and resources to address these needs.

Posted in Mental Health Tools

Mental Health Services Locator

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Elizabeth Costello

Mental Health Services LocatorDeveloped by SAMHSA. Select your state or type in your zip code to get listings of service providers.

Posted in Mental Health Tools, Suicide Prevention Tools

Torture Treatment Centers

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Elizabeth Costello

Torture Treatment Centers provide a range of services and support to survivors of torture.

Posted in Mental Health Tools

Florida Center for Survivors of Torture

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Elizabeth Costello

FCST serves survivors of political and state-sponsored torture living in Tampa Bay and Miami-Dade through an intensive case management and strength-based, client-centered model.

Posted in Mental Health Tools
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