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Welcoming and supporting refugee children: Information for schools
The guidance aims to support schools to welcome and settle refugee children to help them feel safe and contained, make progress and begin to thrive
View resultGuidelines for psychologists working with refugees and asylum seekers in the UK
These guidelines were developed by the British Psychological Society’s Presidential Taskforce on Refugees and Asylum Seekers.
View resultSupporting refugees and asylum seekers during the coronavirus pandemic
The following article has been provided by Dr Kim O’Connor on behalf of the Covid-19 Confinement Workstream Group.
View resultImpact of fleeing and journeys: how we work with people who suffer dehumanisation and PTSD
As the war in Ukraine and refugee crisis worsens, London and Home Counties Branch member Sushila Dhall explores the impact of fleeing a country and the work done with those suffering PTSD.
View resultCommunity Action and Resilience
Using participatory action research to better understand the challenges and successes of integrating asylum seeking populations into school communities
Human Rights Advisory Group
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
How my Jewish Heritage has inspired my work as a psychologist
At the time of writing, we have just come to the end of the eighth day of Hannukah, the Jewish festival of lights.
View resultWhat are the experiences of education for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Minors in the UK?
Improving the mental health of children in care
This blog was written by child psychologist Niels Peter Rygaard, a corresponding member of the EFPA Board of Prevention and Promotion and co-founder of The Fairstart Foundation.
View resultMedia portrayal of Ukrainian refugees was unusually positive
26 May 2023
A new study has highlighted the stark contrast between the media portrayal of Ukrainian refugees and how refugees from other countries have been described.
- Crisis, disaster and trauma
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
- Government and politics
Division of Educational and Child Psychology publishes new guidance for welcoming and supporting refugee children in schools
18 November 2021
The new guidance aims to support schools to welcome and settle refugee children to help them feel safe and contained, make progress and begin to thrive.
- Children, young people and families
- Crisis, disaster and trauma
Compassion in Action
23 June 2023
It’s Refugee Week – a time to promote understanding, and a reminder of some key BPS resources
- Crisis, disaster and trauma
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
- Human Rights
BPS members recognised in King’s Birthday Honours List
18 June 2024
Several members of the British Psychological Society have been honoured for services to mental health care, research, public service, Ukrainian refugees, and more.
- BPS updates
BPS statement on the damaging mental health consequences of Rwanda deportations
21 July 2022
The BPS is gravely concerned about the damaging mental health impacts of the detention, treatment and eventual deportation of asylum seekers.
- BPS updates
Request for Ukrainian and Russian speaking psychologists to join International Organisation of Migration counselling hotline
08 March 2022
The UN International Organisation of Migration (IOM) is seeking Ukrainian and Russian-speaking psychologists to support its counselling hotline for those fleeing Ukraine.
- BPS updates
Mental health matters
10 October 2023
Today is World Mental Health Day – A chance to talk about mental health and why’s it’s so important to look after it, as well as to highlight a wealth of supporting resources published by the BPS.
- Mental health
BPS response to Illegal Migration Bill
13 March 2023
The BPS is deeply concerned about the psychological and human rights impact of the government’s proposals.
- Crisis, disaster and trauma
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
- Government and politics
Proposal to form a new Environmental Psychology Section
05 June 2024
On 1 March 2024, the Board of Trustees considered a proposal under Rule 27(1) of the Society Rules to form a new section, the BPS Environmental Psychology Section.
- BPS updates
- Climate and environment
DCP In Focus: September 2024
30 September 2024
Welcome to the September edition of DCP In Focus.
- BPS updates
What is it like to be a refugee with psychosis?
10 August 2015
Research published in 2011 reported that 80 per cent of 130 young Somali refugees surveyed in Minnesota had symptoms of psychosis.
- Mental health
- Psychosis and schizophrenia
- Qualitative Methods
Refugee mental health, beyond high-income countries
03 November 2023
New research widens our understanding of mental health amongst refugees, looking beyond those finding asylum in high-income countries.
- Crisis, disaster and trauma
- Physical Disabilities
- Violence and trauma
Highlighting refugees’ resilience can boost their confidence and engagement at university
24 January 2022
Resourceful actors, not weak victims: reframing refugees’ stigmatized identity enhances long-term academic engagement.
- Education
Resources for World Refugee Day
20 June 2019
We dip into our archives, plus guidelines from the British Psychological Society.
Support for refugees and asylum seekers
09 March 2018
Ella Rhodes reports on new British Psychological Society guidelines.
- Race, ethnicity and culture
Psychology in practice - Welfare of refugees
18 November 2000
Sue Cavill talks to those in the front line and finds that the Western model of help may not be the most suitable.
- Race, ethnicity and culture
- Violence and trauma
Special Issue - Refugees and Asylum seekers
23 March 2007
Rachel Tribe and Nimisha Patel introduce the special issue.
- Crisis, disaster and trauma
The politics of working with refugee survivors of torture
09 March 2007
Nimisha Patel and Aruna Mahtani urge you to reconsider your research and practice.
- Crisis, disaster and trauma
Exploring the unique needs of asylum-seekers and refugees
12 October 2016
Ella Rhodes reports.
- Race, ethnicity and culture
- Violence and trauma
Asylum 2: Working with refugee children and families
23 March 2007
Mala German and Kimberly Ehntholt on projects within schools and the community.
- Children, young people and families
Can community psychology meet the needs of refugees?
20 March 2007
Adrian Webster and Mary Robertson look beyond the individual approach.
- Crisis, disaster and trauma
The fight for individual destinies
08 August 2022
Amy Bramley on therapy with Ukrainian refugees.
- Counselling and psychotherapy
- Violence and trauma
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Dyadic Developmental Practice (DDP): Offering safe passage to healing and connection for unaccompanied minors, young asylum seekers and refugees
Series: The Child & Family Clinical Psychology Review Volume: 1 Issue: 9
Date of Publication: 01-11-2024
Author(s): Sez Morse
View Dyadic Developmental Practice (DDP): Offering safe passage to healing and connection for unaccompanied minors, young asylum seekers and refugeesBeing with uncertainty: A reflective account of a personal relationship with an asylum seeker/refugee
Series: Counselling Psychology Review Volume: 39 Issue: 1
Date of Publication: 01-07-2024
Author(s): David T. Morrison
View Being with uncertainty: A reflective account of a personal relationship with an asylum seeker/refugeeRe-telling stories: A mixed method to evaluate the impact of Tree of Life metaphor on experiences of young refugees
Series: Psychotherapy Section Review Volume: 1 Issue: 69
Date of Publication: 01-03-2024
Author(s): Ho C. Law
View Re-telling stories: A mixed method to evaluate the impact of Tree of Life metaphor on experiences of young refugeesDeveloping trauma informed services for refugee children, young people and families
Series: The Child & Family Clinical Psychology Review Volume: 1 Issue: 8
Date of Publication: 01-10-2023
Author(s): Waheed Arian
View Developing trauma informed services for refugee children, young people and familiesTherapeutic work with Afghan refugees in the context of the 2021 evacuation
Series: Psychotherapy Section Review Volume: 1 Issue: 68
Date of Publication: 01-01-2023
Author(s): Ramzia Akbari Noor, Stephen Abdullah Maynard
View Therapeutic work with Afghan refugees in the context of the 2021 evacuationEvaluation of service providers’ experiences and views on the mental health and wellbeing services for Syrian refugees in Warwickshire
Series: Clinical Psychology Forum Volume: 1 Issue: 355
Date of Publication: 01-07-2022
Author(s): Hannah Gellini, Magda Marczak
View Evaluation of service providers’ experiences and views on the mental health and wellbeing services for Syrian refugees in WarwickshireThe Helen Bamber Foundation Community Group: A psychosocial approach for asylum seekers and refugees with experiences of extreme trauma
Series: Clinical Psychology Forum Volume: 1 Issue: 344
Date of Publication: 01-08-2021
Author(s): Rachel Robert, Angeliki Argyriou
View The Helen Bamber Foundation Community Group: A psychosocial approach for asylum seekers and refugees with experiences of extreme traumaIdentity in context: Reflections on research with refugees
Series: Clinical Psychology Forum Volume: 1 Issue: 342
Date of Publication: 01-06-2021
Author(s): Mujahid Asmal-Lee
View Identity in context: Reflections on research with refugeesUnderstanding the experiences of refugees and asylum-seekers through a social constructionist and critical framework
Series: DECP Debate Volume: 1 Issue: 177
Date of Publication: 01-03-2021
Author(s): Hibak Mohamud
View Understanding the experiences of refugees and asylum-seekers through a social constructionist and critical frameworkBringing narrative therapy to refugees during their journey
Series: Clinical Psychology Forum Volume: 1 Issue: 320
Date of Publication: 01-08-2019
Author(s): Sara Portnoy
View Bringing narrative therapy to refugees during their journeyAttitudes towards refugees: Introducing a short three-dimensional scale
31-03-2022
- Patrick F. Kotzur
- Maria‐Therese Friehs
- Peter Schmidt
- Ulrich Wagner
- Steffen Pötzschke
- Bernd Weiß
Refugees' and asylum seekers' experiences of individual psychological therapy: A qualitative meta-synthesis
11-05-2023
- Mariam Khairat
- Suzanne Hodge
- Anna Duxbury
Visual humanization of refugees: A visual rhetorical analysis of media discourse on the war in Ukraine
14-07-2023
- Jari Martikainen
- Inari Sakki
Love thy (Ukrainian) neighbour: Willingness to help refugees depends on their origin and is mediated by perceptions of similarity and threat
24-10-2023
- Samantha Sinclair
- Mark Granberg
- Towe Nilsson
‘All of a sudden for no reason they've been displaced’: Constructing the ‘contingent refugee’ in early media reports on the Ukrainian refugees
25-05-2023
- Rahul Sambaraju
- Natasha Shrikant
Lived experiences of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in the UK: Migration and identity
08-03-2024
- Jana Warren
- Dennis Nigbur
Similarity attracts: The role of personality in similarity perceptions and children's attitudes towards refugees
19-04-2019
- Leyla H. L. Reches
- Allard R. Feddes
Motivations to engage in collective action: A latent profile analysis of refugee supporters
09-07-2024
- Lisette Yip
- Emma F. Thomas
- Ana‐Maria Bliuc
- Mihaela Boza
- Anna Kende
- Morgana Lizzio‐Wilson
- Gerhard Reese
- Laura G. E. Smith
Rules of engagement: Reactions to internal and external criticism in public debate
06-11-2019
- Levi Adelman
- Maykel Verkuyten
Toleration, discrimination, or acceptance? How majorities interpret and legitimize minority toleration depends on outgroup threat
30-12-2023
- Berfin Acar
- Sabahat Cigdem Bagci
- Maykel Verkuyten
Looking for your cross-group friends after the breakout? Children's intergroup contact behaviours before and after the onset of COVID-19
14-12-2022
- Sabahat Cigdem Bagci
- Faruk Tayyip Yalcin
- Abbas Turnuklu
- Loris Vezzali
- Mustafa Tercan
- Aysenur Didem Yilmaz
‘You don't compare horrors, you just don't do that’: Examining assumptions and extending the scope of comparative victim beliefs
25-06-2022
- Johanna Ray Vollhardt
- Helin Ünal
- Rashmi Nair
Predicting post-traumatic stress disorder treatment response in refugees: Multilevel analysis
30-11-2016
- Joris F. G. Haagen
- F. Jackie June Heide
- Trudy M. Mooren
- Jeroen W. Knipscheer
- Rolf J. Kleber
Examining the psychological well-being of refugee children and the role of friendship and bullying
06-05-2019
- Muthanna Samara
- Aiman El Asam
- Ameerah Khadaroo
- Sara Hammuda
Measuring global bystander intervention and exploring its antecedents for helping refugees
06-10-2020
- Nihan Albayrak‐Aydemir
- Ilka Helene Gleibs
‘They're more than animals’: Refugees' accounts of racially motivated violence
22-10-2012
- Steve Kirkwood
- Andy McKinlay
- Chris McVittie
Traumatized refugees, their therapists, and their interpreters: Three perspectives on psychological treatment
22-09-2011
- Gretty M. Mirdal
- Else Ryding
- Mette Essendrop Sondej
Cultural diversity approaches in schools and adolescents’ willingness to support refugee youth
13-09-2021
- Tuğçe Aral
- Maja K. Schachner
- Linda Juang
- Miriam Schwarzenthal
Resilience in multicultural classrooms: School relationships can protect the school adjustment of immigrant, refugee and non-immigrant children
21-08-2024
- Francesca Ialuna
- Sauro Civitillo
- Nele McElvany
- Birgit Leyendecker
- Philipp Jugert