Because Dreams Also Migrate: Psychosocial aspects in the migrant population

Because Dreams Also Migrate: Psychosocial aspects in the migrant population
Author: Angélica González G
Publisher: L.J. Crowe
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2024-04-21
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1685746926

Amidst life's changes and challenges, the decision to emigrate may arise. For some, it is a moment of joy and hope, as they seek a new horizon that presents fresh opportunities to fulfill their long-held dreams. However, for millions of people worldwide, emigrating presents a challenge. For many, emigration is not a choice made for pleasure, but rather out of necessity. It is a means to protect and even save one's own life. Despite cruel disadvantages and misfortunes, entire families, single children, young people, and adults risk dangerous migration routes. They do so because it is preferable to emigrate than to remain in a place where hunger, poverty, cold, mutilations, and violence are prevalent. One loses more by staying than by setting out on the road to the unknown and uncertain. Finding a dignified life is a fundamental right for everyone. In the pursuit of this goal, some may face obstacles and their journey will serve as a guide for those who follow. A reflection to understand that we are all migrants and that we all deserve a better life.

Psychosocial Experiences and Adjustment of Migrants

Psychosocial Experiences and Adjustment of Migrants
Author: Grant J. Rich
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2023-07-26
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0128237953

Psychosocial Experiences and Adjustment of Migrants: Coming to the USA explores the emotional experiences of migrants seeking to come to America, including psychological sequelae of such relocation from one's home country to another country. This book is divided into three main parts. The first introduces the reader to the foundational principles of migration. Next, the chapter authors review individuals and families who come to the United States through "orderly" migration, profiling the experiences of immigrants from various countries and regions. The next set of chapters discuss "forced" migration, examining the relative impact of social and legal challenges and the psychological impact. The book wraps up with research, advocacy and mental health and social services options for migrants. - Spotlights mental health and psychosocial experiences of migrants, as well as refugees and asylum seekers - Provides greater depth about migratory patterns to the United States and the various complexities - Examines psychological adjustments in the presence of trenchant sociocultural change, cultural conflict and family dislocation - Discusses individual experiences and clinical case examples of migration to the USA through orderly and forced migration - Profiles experiences of immigrants from various countries and regions such as Mexico, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, etc. - Presents migration in the context of diverse stakeholders, including government, international agencies, civil society and even students

African Migrations

African Migrations
Author: Abdoulaye Kane
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2013
Genre: History
ISBN: 0253003083

Spurred by major changes in the world economy and in local ecology, the contemporary migration of Africans, both within the continent and to various destinations in Europe and North America, has seriously affected thousands of lives and livelihoods. The contributors to this volume, reflecting a variety of disciplinary perspectives, examine the causes and consequences of this new migration. The essays cover topics such as rural-urban migration into African cities, transnational migration, and the experience of immigrants abroad, as well as the issues surrounding migrant identity and how Africans re-create community and strive to maintain ethnic, gender, national, and religious ties to their former homes.

The American Dream in Vietnamese

The American Dream in Vietnamese
Author: Nhi T. Lieu
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2011
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0816665699

Fantasy, desire, and community in Vietnamese American popular culture.

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support during the COVID-19 Response

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support during the COVID-19 Response
Author: Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2023-06-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000799964

This new volume presents a holistic scenario of the challenges of providing mental health and psychosocial support to areas around the world with the most vulnerable populations during the tragic COVID-19 pandemic. The book synthesizes over 350 interviews with mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) professionals on the ground in countries around the world, discussing the lack of services and providing strategies for implementing mental health and psychosocial support in such situations going forward. The book is a first look at MHPSS during the COVID-19 pandemic with the hope that it will inspire and generate action for future worldwide mental health and psychosocial support responses. This essential book is a call to action for cultural, linguistic, and contextual actions that addresses inclusiveness of the most vulnerable and unheard communities and that re-establishes resilience through mental health and psychosocial community-led programs. The volume is an analysis by a seasoned humanitarian worker with over 30 years of direct experience with the most vulnerable communities, with contributions from several colleagues. They help frame COVID-19 as a systemic loss of protective factors, where communities collapsed psychologically, socially, and economically.

The Psychological Effects of Immigrating

The Psychological Effects of Immigrating
Author: Robert Tyminski
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2022-09-09
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1000654796

Exploring immigration from psychological, historical, clinical, and mythical perspectives, this book considers the varied and complex answers to questions of why people immigrate to entirely new places and leave behind their familiar surroundings and culture. Using research reviews, extensive case material, and literary examples (such as Virgil’s The Aeneid), Robert Tyminski’s work will deepen readers’ understanding of what is both unique and universal about migratory experiences. He addresses the negative consequences of xenophobia, the acculturation experiences of children compared to adults, the trauma and psychological issues that arise when seeking refuge or relocating to a new country, and the more recent implications of COVID-19 upon border crossings. Tyminski also re-evaluates the term identity as a psychological shorthand, suggesting that it can flatten our understanding of human complexity and erase migrant and refugee life stories and differences. As one of few books to investigate immigration from a Jungian-oriented perspective, Robert Tyminski’s work offers a new and broad perspective on the mental health issues related to immigration. This book will prove essential for clinicians working with refugees and migrants, when in training and in practice, as well as students and practitioners of psychoanalysis seeking to deepen their understanding of migratory experiences.

The Sage Encyclopedia of Multicultural Counseling, Social Justice, and Advocacy

The Sage Encyclopedia of Multicultural Counseling, Social Justice, and Advocacy
Author: Shannon B. Dermer
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 1825
Release: 2023-11-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1071808001

Since the late 1970s, there has been an increase in the study of diversity, inclusion, race, and ethnicity within the field of counseling. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Multicultural Counseling, Social Justice, and Advocacy will comprehensively synthesize a wide range of terms, concepts, ideologies, groups, and organizations through a diverse lens. This encyclopedia will include entries on a wide range of topics relative to multicultural counseling, social justice and advocacy, and the experiences of diverse groups. The encyclopedia will consist of approximately 600 signed entries, arranged alphabetically within four volumes.

Alpine Refugees

Alpine Refugees
Author: Giulia Galera
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2019-09-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1527540774

This collection of essays highlights how given Alpine territories in Austria, Italy, and Switzerland are currently facing challenges imposed by migration, the barriers and limitations they are encountering, and the extent to which migration triggers policy and territorial innovations that can generate beneficial impacts for both migrants and local inhabitants. Contributors here include practitioners and social workers who have experimented with innovative reception and integration pathways, as well as researchers with diverse disciplinary backgrounds, including geographers, sociologists, political scientists, social anthropologists, economists, and legal experts. The book draws on empirical and theoretical investigations, research actions implemented within the framework of large EU projects, and exploratory case studies and storylines of welcoming reception initiatives. It will appeal to practitioners, social scientists, and policy makers interested in both understanding the determinants that affect migrant exclusion and inclusion in Alpine territories and developing reception and integration initiatives of advantage to both sides when hosting asylum seekers in mountain areas.

Models of Social Intervention and Constructionism

Models of Social Intervention and Constructionism
Author: Laura Karina Castro Saucedo
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2023-08-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000637875

This book takes a new, critical, and multidisciplinary look at experiences and meanings of social intervention in different social contexts, taking the approaches of social constructionism as a theoretical approach. The volume collects the results of theoretical-practical experiences that social science professionals with critical and constructionist visions linked to social work intervention have carried out in different spaces. It considers the way social work intervention models are built, their foundation, and their application. It provides the findings on tested intervention models built according to the basis of social constructionism in specific social scenarios, providing interesting findings that show intervention alternatives beyond traditional approaches. The social intervention strategies discussed take place in diverse situations, including health recovery and reconstruction in breast cancer, family abandonment issues of institutionalized adolescents, institutional care of refugee families, women caregivers of children with disabilities, men who exercise violence, and more.

The Migration Myth in Policy and Practice

The Migration Myth in Policy and Practice
Author: AKM Ahsan Ullah
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2020-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9811517541

This book investigates the long-term impact of migration on development, engaging in a thorough analysis of the pertinent factors in migration. Migration scholars and stakeholders have long placed emphasis on the necessity of migration for development. At the heart of this book is the question: Has migration made development necessary, or is it the other way around? While existing literature is predominantly occupied with positive impressions about the migration-development nexus, this book challenges associated pervasive generalizations about the impact of migration, indicating that migration has not impacted all regions equally. This volume thus grapples with the different extents to which migration has impacted development by delving into the social costs that migrants often pay in the long run. With empirical support, this book proffers that some countries are becoming over-dependent on migration. An excellent resource for both policymakers working on migration policy, and scholars in international relations, migration and development studies, this book presents a range of innovative ideas in relation to the remittance-development nexus.