Conducting Psychological Assessments for U.S. Immigration Cases

Meyers, Robert S.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-49868-9

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“…Indeed, completing psychological evaluations for immigration purposes requires specific training and ongoing consultation. Providers can be guided by emerging professional practice guidelines (i.e., Mercado et al, 2022) and immigration evaluation resources (i.e., Barber-Rioja & Garcia-Mansilla, 2019; Meyers, 2020; Shibley & Holt, 2022).…”

Section: Trauma Treatment With Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Backgroun...mentioning

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Teletherapy trauma treatment in context: Caring for refugee patients during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.

Taknint¹,

Perez²,

Mattar³

et al. 2023

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This paper draws from the clinical perspectives of a multidisciplinary group of mental health providers serving refugees and asylum seekers during the COVID-19 pandemic within the largest safety-net hospital and Level 1 trauma center in New England, United States. Weaving our clinical observations with relevant pandemic-era policy and empirical trauma literature, we identify key contextual factors (legal, clinical, sociocultural, and environmental) and related inequities affecting refugees and asylum seekers. Guided by the American Psychological Association's Layered Ecological Model of the Multicultural Guidelines, Liberation Psychology, and Kleinman's Explanatory Model, we discuss the advantages and disadvantages of teletherapy with refugee populations, ethical considerations for teletherapy delivery and trauma treatment specifically, and adoption of telehealth as a long-term modality for refugee patients. We close this paper with specific recommendations for systems of care serving refugees and for teletherapy delivery at the practitioner, institution, and policy levels. Clinical Impact StatementThis paper highlights unique clinical practice issues for providing trauma-focused teletherapy to refugees and asylum seekers during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The focus is on understanding refugee and asylum-seeking patients in context. We provide recommendations to clinicians and institutions for reducing barriers to accessing care for refugee patients and improving teletherapy practice.

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Section: Trauma Treatment With Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Backgroun...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Teletherapy trauma treatment in context: Caring for refugee patients during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.

Taknint¹,

Perez²,

Mattar³

et al. 2023

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“…They do not; the hardship must belong to a US citizen or permanent resident to be considered. Daniel’s separation from his family for up to a decade; the struggle of adjusting to life in a new country; loss of school, friends, community, and work—these are not even factors in the calculation (Meyers 2020:52). Second, that Drew named missing and sadness as hardships.…”

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“There is Absolutely No Discrimination Based on that Allowed”: Marriage, Migration, and Equality Rhetoric as a Justification for Harm

Brainer

2022

Humanity & Society

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This article contrasts talk surrounding queer marriage and migration with the lived experiences of LGBTQ+ people who have petitioned for status in the United States based on their relationships. I find that people use the concept of equality or being “the same” to dismiss testimonies of harm, and to hold individuals instead of systems and laws responsible for harms when they are acknowledged. I place this rhetoric in the context of US family immigration as a colonial and racial project. Through a mixed methods analysis, the article draws a link between the interactions queer and trans people are having online, their personal and couple narratives, and the colonial history and harm endemic to this often idealized immigration pathway.

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