Statewide Refugee Mental Health Councils and Coalitions

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Statewide Resources and Activities

  • Partnerships and Collaborations
  • Training and Conferences
  • Webinar and Teleconference
  • Related Resources and Activities

Statewide Refugee Mental Health Councils and Coalitions

Behavioral health care includes care for patients around mental health and substance abuse conditions, health behavior change, life stresses and crises, and stress-related physical symptoms. Mental and substance use disorders alone are estimated to surpass all physical diseases as a major cause of worldwide disability by 2020. There is a 50 to hundred-percent rise in depression and anxiety amongst people who have to migrate forcibly, people who are refugees. (WHO, 2016). There is no more clear call for more focus on mental health supports for refugee communities moving forward.

The Refugee Healing Partnership is focused on addressing refugee risk factors and strengthening mental health partnerships in communities where refugees resettle. The partnership designs and disseminates programs and activities that:

  • Promote positive mental health and cultural adjustment in the refugee community  Create linkages between provider communities and the refugee communities
  • Provide opportunities for trauma-informed education at the community level and culture-informed education at the provider level

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Statewide Resources and Activities

  • Partnerships and Collaborations
  • Training and Conferences
  • Webinar and Teleconference
  • Related Resources

REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNCIL WEBPAGES

  • Charlottesville Refugee Mental Health Referral System
  • Fredericksburg Refugee Mental Health Council
  • Greater Richmond Refugee Mental Health Council
  • Hampton Roads Refugee Referral Network
  • Harrisonburg Refugee Mental Health Council
  • Northern Virginia Coalition for Refugee Wellness
  • Roanoke Refugee Mental Health Council