Refugees and Asylum Seekers

S. Megan Berthold, PhD, LCSW, is associate professor and director of field education at the University of Connecticut's School of Social Work.Kathryn R. Libal, PhD, is associate professor of social work and human rights and director of the Human Rights Institute at the University of Connecticut.

• Foreword: Violence toward Immigrants as the "Other"Richard F. MollicaChapter 1 Supporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers in an Era of Backlash: An IntroductionKathryn R. Libal and S. Megan BertholdPart 1 Legal and Social Policy Perspectives on Refugee and Asylum Seeker SystemsChapter 2 Evolution of Refugee and Asylum Law in the United StatesKaren MusaloChapter 3 Locked Up and Kicked Out: Detention and Deportation in the United States and the United KingdomCarol Bohmer and Amy ShumanChapter 4 Refugee Resettlement in the United States: The Central Role of Voluntarism in a Time of BacklashKathryn R. Libal, Grace Felten, and Scott HardingChapter 5 Migration Policies in Europe and the United States: Securitization, Safety, and the Paradox of Human RightsMarciana PopescuPart 2 Health and Well-Being of RefugeesChapter 6 An Integrated Model of Interdisciplinary Care for RefugeesJ. David Kinzie and Crystal RileyChapter 7 Refugee Resilience and Spirituality: Harnessing Social and Cultural Coping StrategiesLinda Piwowarczyk, Kathleen Flinton, and Fernando OnaChapter 8 Re-creating Family and Community Networks: Group Interventions with Forced MigrantsAdeyinka M. Akinsulure-Smith and Hawthorne E. SmithChapter 9 Child Migrants in the United States: Challenges to the Promotion of Their Rights and Best InterestsS. Megan Berthold and Alysse M. LoomisChapter 10 Promoting the Health and Well-Being of Child Migrants in the United States through Holistic PracticeAlysse M. Loomis and S. Megan BertholdPart 3 Cultural Considerations and Refugee-Informed PerspectivesChapter 11 Transcultural Mental Health Services for Refugees: Two Service Models from Montreal, CanadaToby Measham, Jaswant Guzder, G. Eric Jarvis, Rayanne Elias, Cécile Rousseau, Lucie Nadeau, and Ghayda HassanChapter 12 "We're Not Asking for Handouts!" Voices of Women Refugees from Africa on Rapid Economic Self-Sufficiency in the United StatesBadiah Haffejee and Jean F. EastChapter 13 Creative Arts Therapies with RefugeesAmber Elizabeth L. GrayChapter 14 Future Directions to Promote the Rights of Refugees and Asylum SeekersS. Megan Berthold and Kathryn R. LibalIndexAbout the Editors and Contributors