Health problems, mental disorders and cross-cultural aspects of developing effective rehabilitation procedures for refugees of the war-affected countries

Objective

The objective of this project is to contribute to the creation of mental-health specific rehabilitation programmes for the victims of post-conflict communities. Analysis of host-migrant relationships in terms of interethnic/intercultural contacts and ways in which they relate to the mental health well-being of refugee adolescents and their families will help detect mechanisms that can counterbalance health hazards of sequential dramatization. This could be avoided by addressing mental-health protection, as well as better integration of refugees. Using the interdisciplinary approach (psychological, psychodynamic and anthropological)the project will integrate quantitative and qualitative (in-depth interviews) cross-cultural (6 countries) data to provide important knowledge that will contribute to the understanding of mental health problems of refugees.

Fields of science

• medical and health sciences › clinical medicine › psychiatry
• medical and health sciences › clinical medicine › physiotherapy
• social sciences › sociology › demography › human migrations

Programme(s)

• FP5-INCO 2 - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Confirming the international role of Community research,1998-2002"

Topic(s)

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Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI BARI

Address

Via Camillo Rosalba 53
70124 Bari
Italy

Participants (4)

INSTITUTE FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Croatia

Address

Amruseva 8
10000 Zagreb

JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITAET LINZ

Austria

Address

Altenbergerstrasse 69
4040 Linz

UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA

Albania

Address

Nene Theresa
Tirana

UNIVERSITY OF TUZLA

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Address

Univerzitetska 1
75000 Tuzla