[10 years of public mental health services for asylum seekers persons in Geneva What balance? Which new horizons?].

Transcultural psychiatry in the public sector is specifically linked to current political events. The recent ukrainian crisis is an illustration of how massive displacement of refugees can occur. Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic had consistently and in many ways weakened the vulnerable population of asylum seekers.

Personality Factors and Attachment Styles as Predictors of the Therapeutic Efficacy of a Short-Term Ambulatory Intervention for Depression.

Background: Several studies have shown a significant positive impact of intensive short-term ambulatory psychiatric interventions for depression. However, data on outcomes related to factors that are predictive of the efficacy of these interventions in terms of remission or response to treatment remain scarce. The goal of this naturalistic prospective study was to identify factors, including Big Five Inventory personality traits and attachment style, that are predictive of the efficacy of crisis interventions (CIns) in major depressive disorder.

[Evolution in Geneva of institutional psychiatric services for asylum seekers persons].

Recent conflicts in the Middle East and Africa generated the displacement of millions of refugees seeking a safe haven. It led to a transformation in the population of asylum seekers attending our community psychiatry clinic serving refugees and asylum seekers in Geneva. That patient population doubled in a couple of years, comprising a higher number of young men, migrating alone, mostly from the Middle East and Afghanistan.

What are the barriers to access to mental healthcare and the primary needs of asylum seekers? A survey of mental health caregivers and primary care workers.

Background: We aimed to assess the opinion of primary care workers, social workers, translators and mental health caregivers who work with asylum seekers about the latter's unmet needs and barriers to access to mental healthcare.

Methods: We used a Likert scale to assess the opinion of 135 primary care workers (general practitioners, nurses, social workers and translators) and mental health caregivers about the proportion of asylum seekers with psychiatric disorders, their priority needs and their main barriers to mental health services.

Results: Insufficient access to adequate financial resources, poor housing and security conditions, access to employment, professional training and legal aid were considered as priority needs, as were access to dental and mental healthcare.