TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Addressing trauma in collaborative mental health care for refugee children
JO  - Clinical child psychology and psychiatry
A1  - Rousseau, Cécile
A1  - Measham, Toby
A1  - Nadeau, Lucie
SP  - 121
EP  - 136
VL  - 18
IS  - 1
N2  - Primary care institutions, including clinics, schools and community organizations, because of their closeness to the family living environment, are often in a privileged position to detect problems in traumatized refugee children and to provide help. In a collaborative care model, the child psychiatrist consultant can assist the primary care consultee and family in holding the trauma narrative and organizing a safe network around the child and family. The consultant can support the establishment of a therapeutic alliance, provide a cultural understanding of presenting problems and negotiate with the consultee and the family a treatment plan. In many settings, trauma focused psychotherapy may not be widely available, but committed community workers and primary care professionals may provide excellent psychosocial support and a forum for empathic listening that may provide relief to the family and the child.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1359-1045
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359104512444117
ID  - ref1
ER  -