EU-MiCare

Improving migrant and refugee mental health care

An innovative and comprehensive training program for health professionals (psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, physicians, nurses) and other professionals (cultural mediators, interpreters, counselors), enhancing their knowledge and skills to improve mental health service delivery to migrants and refugees.

the project

in short

The EU-MiCare project (Training the EU health workforce to improve migrant and refugee mental health care) is targeting migrant/refugee mental health needs. It aims to develop a specialized training program for mental health professionals and other health professionals interested in mental health issues who work in culturally diverse environments.

reports & results

Here you can find documents and materials produced as part of the different work packages. This section will be constantly updated: resources will be published online as soon as available.

reports & results

Here you can find documents and materials produced as part of the different work packages. This section will be constantly updated: resources will be published online as soon as available.

dissemination

Here you can find communication materials, dissemination initiatives, events information, and public meetings.

dissemination

Here you can find communication materials, dissemination initiatives, events information, and public meetings

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PROJECT

EU-VET CARE, “Strengthening capacities for better health care to refugee and migrant children”, is a three-year project ended in 2021 (1/9/2018 – 31/8/2021), funded by the ERASMUS+ Programme of the European Union, which aims to design and implement innovative vocational training on the appropriate delivery of health-care for migrant/refugee children.

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news

Mental Health and Well-being of Applicants for International Protection

A new guide was created by the European Union Agency for Asylum. This Part II is a "Practical guide for implementing mental health and psychosocial support – for officers working in the first line". For more information, click here

European Commission: Action Plan 2021-2027

European Commission updated the Action Plan 2021-2027 tracker, which includes a special section on mental health. For more information, click here

A stepped-care programme of WHO psychological interventions

Migrant populations – including labour migrants, undocumented migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, internationally displaced persons, and other populations on the move – are exposed to a variety of stressors that affect their mental health. The authors of the following...