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Double Trauma: Post-Migration Living Distress and Refugee Suicidality

Phoebe LewisSection Editor: Antonella BarianiPeer Reviewers: Molly Becker The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR, 2023) estimates that, as of mid-2022, 32.5 million people were of refugee status. According to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), a person meets the legal definition of refugee if they are “unable or unwilling to return to their…

RMHRN & International Committee Updates

Elizabeth Carll Section Editor; Founder & Chair, Refugee Mental Health Resource Network Refugee Mental Health Resource Network The Refugee Mental Health Resource Network (RMHRN) organized a symposium on International Interventions and Research about Trauma Faced by Refugees and Migrants at the 2023 APA Convention in Washington DC. Participants included Frances Boulon, Elizabeth Carll, Shaifali Sandhya,…

CALL FOR FELLOWS

DUE DATE: November 1 Fellows Committee Chair:Priscilla Dass-Brailsfordpd227@georgetown.eduPhone: 202-706-5078 Fellow status in APA is given to those who have made unusual and outstanding contributions to the field of trauma psychology. Their distinguished contributions are the foundation on which the future of trauma psychology builds. Fellows make on-going contributions to science, practice, and public policy through…

Integrating familismo into evidence-based trauma therapies to increase treatment engagement among Latine youth

Yesenia Aguilar Silvan & Lauren C. NgSection Editor: Antonella BarianiPeer Reviewers: Linda Zheng & Molly Becker Trauma Exposure Disparities for Latine Youth By age 17, 46% of youth in the United States will have experienced at least one potentially traumatic event such as community violence or family separation (Sacks & Murphey, 2018). This major public…

RMHRN and International Committee Updates

Elizabeth CarllSection Editor; Founder & Chair, Refugee Mental Health Resource Network Refugee Mental Health Resource Network The Refugee Mental Health Resource Network (RMHRN) free webinar on Cybersecurity was unique for the RMHRN as it addressed the increasing concerns that have arisen from colleagues being hacked and data lost or stolen, resulting in access to confidential…

Suicide Prevention in the Context of Moral Injury & the Afghanistan Withdrawal

Dustin Lewis Section Editor: Antonella BarianiPeer Reviewers: Linda Zheng & Molly Becker In August of 2022, I separated from the Air Force after nearly 11 years as an officer. I immediately transitioned into a master’s program in Counseling Psychology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with the intention of working with veterans. The most recent United…

RMHRN International Student Stipend for APA

Elizabeth CarllSection Editor; Founder & Chair, Refugee Mental Health Resource Network The 2023 Refugee Mental Health Resource Network (RMHRN) webinars will continue with increased focus on international issues with international speakers. The upcoming March webinar on Cybersecurity is unique for the RMHRN as it addresses the increasing concerns that have arisen from colleagues being hacked…

Call For Fellows

DUE DATE is Rolling Fellows Committee Chair:Priscilla Dass-Brailsfordpd227@georgetown.eduPhone: 202-706-5078 Fellow status in APA is given to those who have made unusual and outstanding contributions to the field of trauma psychology. Their distinguished contributions are the foundation on which the future of trauma psychology builds. Fellows make on-going contributions to science, practice, and public policy through…