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Mental health and psychosocial support in Calais: a reflection on research in a challenging environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Amy Darwin
Amy Darwin*
Affiliation:
University of Leeds, UK; email um12avd@leeds.ac.uk
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This reflection focuses on research conducted in ‘The Jungle’ in Calais, an informal camp of approximately 6000 refugees (Help Refugees, 2016). My self-designed qualitative study aimed to assess the availability and nature of mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) by interviewing service providers about their role in MHPSS. The research questioned whether MHPSS was evidence-based (Tol et al, 2011), what types of MHPSS was available, what service providers envisaged to be the most immediate needs, and barriers and enabling factors in MHPSS.

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Global Echoes
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BJPsych International , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , August 2017 , pp. 74 - 76
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2017

References

Help Refugees (2016) June camp census. Available at http://helprefugees.org.uk/calais (accessed June 2017).Google Scholar
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2013) Operational Guidance: Mental Health and Psychosocial Programming for Refugee Operations. UNHCR.Google Scholar
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