Refugee mental health: Culturally relevant considerations.

In recent years, multiple global crises have contributed to increasing human displacement. Currently, there are approximately 84 million displaced people around the world. Many suffer from mental health problems.

Introduction to the special issue: Complementary medicine and integrative health approaches to trauma therapy and recovery.

The popularity of complementary and integrative health (also complementary integrated health; CIH) approaches has significantly increased in recent years. According to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), part of the National Institutes of Health, about 1 in 3 adults and 1 in 9 children used CIH approaches to healing. Some reports estimate that the use of CIH approaches will continue to increase (Clarke et al.

COVID-19 and U.S.-based refugee populations: Commentary.

The arrival of the pandemic known as COVID-19 has resulted in an emergency appraisal of the way mental health services are delivered to refugee and asylum-seeker populations at the Boston Medical Center in Massachusetts. The following commentary summarizes some of the main approaches used to address the unique needs of this vulnerable population under lockdown. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).