Mental Health of Refugees

Paul Emmelkamp has been working as a practicing clinical psychologist and psychotherapist alongside his academic carrier and has made significant contributions to the fields of clinical psychology, psychopathology, and psychiatry. He has been appointed in 1987 as full professor in clinical psychology and psychotherapy at the University of Groningen and in 1996 at the University of Amsterdam and has been appointed in 2006 as Academy Professor by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Science. He was Director of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study from 2013-2016. He was until 2018 President of the International Federation for Psychotherapy and is since 1993 Editor in Chief of Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy. He has written and edited a number of books on research into a variety of clinical subjects including anxiety disorders, depression, addiction and personality disorders. He was senior research fellow at the Institute for Advanced study in Paris from 2021-2022, wherehe worked on the research project ‘Cross-cultural factors, psychotherapy and post-traumatic stress in refugees’.

• Chapter 1. Mental Health of Adult Refugees.- Chapter 2. Mental Health of Refugee Minors.- Chapter 3. Social Support and Resilience: Impact on Mental Health.- Chapter 4. Cultural Adaptations of Mental Health Care.- Chapter 5. Assessment of Mental Health Problems.- Chapter 6. Mental Health and Social Support Interventions.- Chapter 7. Psychological Interventions for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Adults.- Chapter 8. Psychological Interventions for Refugee Minors.- Chapter 9. Substance Abuse, Personality Disorders and Severe Mental Illness.