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Mental Health and Well-being of Asylum Seekers

Practical guide series

Titelbild Guidance on mental health and wellbeing of applicants for international protection
Part I – for senior management: how to set the framework to shape an asylum system informed by mental health and well-being considerations Part II – for those working in the first line - how to implement mental health and psychosocial support (psychological first aid, identification, care and case management, psychoeducation, community-based interventions) Part III – toolbox for use in conjunction with parts I and II - checklists, how to do interventions and roll out psychoeducation, working with vulnerable groups, understanding trauma, cultural sensitivity and competency etc.

Part I – for senior management: how to set the framework to shape an asylum system informed by mental health and well-being considerations

Part II – for those working in the first line - how to implement mental health and psychosocial support (psychological first aid, identification, care and case management, psychoeducation, community-based interventions)

Part III – toolbox for use in conjunction with parts I and II - checklists, how to do interventions and roll out psychoeducation, working with vulnerable groups, understanding trauma, cultural sensitivity and competency etc.

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