Interdisciplinary Psychosocial Support for Refugees: Recommendations for Policy Makers in Europe

Abstract

Various psychosocial support projects have been developed in response to the sudden increase of refugees arriving in Europe since 2015. Such projects occur in many places in various countries, involving practitioners from diff erent disciplines. The migration policies that regulate the everyday practices of refugees and people engaged in the fi eld of psychosocial support for refugees are complex. Due to this complexity, an interdisciplinary perspective to orient practices was needed. The Erasmus+ project InterAct -Interdisciplinary Cooperation inPsychosocial Interventions is based upon experiences gained working with refugees across diff erent disciplines; such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy, education and psychology from Sweden, Greece, Finland, Spain and Germany. During the two-year project, these experiences have been collected and refl ected upon together with refugees, volunteers, practitioners, students and teachers from diff erent health care and social disciplines in higher education.