The book is divided into three parts: Part I, Chapters 2???5, presents an overview of the refugee population, premigration experiences, the influence of culture on mental health, barriers to assessing mainstream mental health services, and postmigration psychosocial adjustment issues. Although a majority of the literature in this section is based on studies in the United States, the issues presented are generalizable and specific to refugees regardless of their resettlement country. Part II, Chapters 6???24, presents 18 diverse case studies to illustrate the application of the MLM. To assist the reader in applying the MLM, each case study is divided into five sections: (a) a description of the situation, (b) critical incident, (c) sequence of events, (d) key clinical questions, and (e) the application of the Multi-Level Model of psychotherapy. Different refugee groups are presented to illustrate the applicability of the model for the refugee population. Although the case studies are based in the United States, it is the experience of the authors that similar situations occur in other resettlement countries, and therefore both the model and the case study examples are relevant to refugees globally. Part III, Chapters 25???30, presents a representative global perspective on refugees written by mental health experts working in Africa, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. new country. The chapter discusses the challenges in implementing this process and similar backgrounds yet inherent cultural differences between the Sudanese and the Ugandans. Nancy Baron describes the challenges for refugees in Uganda, discussing issues such as the overriding feeling of threat experienced by Ugandans living in areas where they are outnumbered by refugees, unique challenges of resettlement faced by southern Sudanese refugees when they are forced to be self-reliant after years of unstable dependency and learned helplessness, and the ongoing activity from Ugandan rebels who periodically raid refugee camps and settlement sites to acquire food and abduct youth and women. Finally, the chapter discusses the changing psychosocial problems of these long-term refugees and the efforts to implement sustainable community-based psychosocial and mental health interventions. (Description from source).
