Refugee and Migrant Mental Health: Understanding the Scope of a Global Health Challenge
By: Dionne Roberts, MSN, RN-BC Photo courtesy of Salah Darwish: Unsplash Overview of Refugee and Migrant Mental Health There are more displaced people on the move than ever before, and the numbers continue to rise. Refugees and migrants face specific physical and mental health challenges, influenced by the hardships they face in their country of origin. They have much greater difficulty accessing health care; therefore, addressing their health needs is a priority and a core principle of the...