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Train the trainers event
Following our "train the trainers" event, we are eager to share the outcomes with all stakeholders involved. The EU-MiCare project is set to release comprehensive insights and advancements from our collaborative session in Milan, Italy, highlighting the impact of our...
Project Update!
Over the past few months, each partner has dedicated considerable effort to developing our training content. We're excited to announce our next gathering! We'll convene once again in June, the 11th and 12th, in Milan, Italy, to share, review, and further refine our...
European Mental Health Week: Better Together – Co-creating the Future of Mental Health
Save the date for the European Mental Health Week happening from May 13th to 19th this year! This event is an opportunity to collectively advance mental health under the theme “BETTER TOGETHER – Co-creating the Future of Mental Health”. This week offers us the...
A guide to integrate MHPSS and peacebuilding
We are grateful for the “Integrating MHPSS and Peacebuilding: A Mapping and Recommendations for Practitioners” manual, released by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Reference Group (IASC MHPSS RG) earlier this year. This report...
Manual on implementing psychological interventions
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently published a comprehensive manual on implementing psychological interventions. This newly-released resource provides managers and service providers with practical guidance on how to integrate evidence-based psychological...
World Health Day: my health, my right
The theme of this year’s World Health Day is simple yet vital: ‘my health, my right’. It was selected in order to champion the right of everyone, everywhere to have access to quality health services, education, and information, as well as safe drinking water, clean...
Ethnic inequalities in mental health care
In an experimental study, the association between General Practitioners’ individual, interpersonal, and organisational factors and the differences between medical decisions affecting a depressed patient with or without a migration background was assessed. Using one of...
Training materials: work in progress
Work started on the preparation of the EUMiCare project's training materials. Having defined the main topics to be covered, thanks also to research work and discussions with experts from different countries on the main needs in the field of migrants' and refugees'...
Communication needs and barriers
A recent literature review analysed the communication needs and barriers that migrants and refugees, their carers and also social care professionals experienced. The results of the review indicate that all of them experience difficulties when seeking or providing...
Mental health and psychosocial needs
The IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support published their MHPSS Framework, a layered system that caters to the diverse needs of various refugee and migrant groups. This Framework assesses, refers, and advocates for the entire range of mental health and...
Mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings
The Inter-Agency Standing Committee recently published a report on the research agenda for mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings for 2021-2030. It outlines the gaps between MHPSS research and practice, and how they can be addressed in future...
A humanitarian emergency
The IOM - UN Migration has warned of a heightened humanitarian situation in the European Union, as the entry of irregular migrants increased 48% in 2023 compared to 2022 and is the highest figure since 2015. It is well documented that migrants enter Europe via...
WHO: themes for improved mental health care for refugees and migrants
According to the WHO, one of the urgent action needed by policy makers is “Train health workers to assess and treat mental health conditions among refugees and migrants and strengthen the capacity of other relevant professionals (e.g., migration officers, social...
International Migrants Day
Today is the International Migrants Day and we would like to remind you that the EU-MiCare partners are working to improve the quality of life of migrants and refugees. Specifically, we are in the development phase of the course on mental health of migrants and...
Migration and human rights
On the occasion of Human Rights Day (10 December) and from EU-MiCare project we would like to raise awareness of the need to address the mental health problems faced by migrants and refugees. Health care is a human right that sometimes these people do not have access...
A training program addressing needs of migrants and refugees
A very experienced psychologist, who participated in our Focus Group in Germany, reported the following: “In my experience the normal health system is quite diagnosis-oriented. Diagnosis is made quickly, pills are prescribed quickly, a good advice is also given...
Focus groups for developing training programs
What are the experiences and needs of those working with refugees and migrants? What do professionals for mental health, social workers, and cultural mediators expect from training on mental health issues and migration? How can we build an offer addressing their real...
The Rabat Declaration: strengthen the commitment to improve the health of refugees and migrants
During the high-level segment of the Third Global Consultation on the Health of Refugees and Migrants, and more precisely on June 13, the Rabat Declaration was adopted by ministers and government representatives. It is a political declaration “to strengthen the global...
Health professionals attitude and mental health care for migrants
Which is the attitude of health professionals toward mental health care for migrants and refugees in Europe? A qualitative systematic review attempted to answer this question.and The analysis of 23 studies showed that “Despite the variation in healthcare professions,...
Mental health needs of migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees
A qualitative descriptive study conducted in Italy assessed the health needs of migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees (ASRs) from their perspective, by holding focus groups with them. A number of bio-psycho-social health needs emerged. As far as mental health,...
World Refugee Day
"Refugees deserve support and solidarity, not closed borders and pushbacks". That’s a reminder from UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday’s #WorldRefugeeDay, regarding the international community’s duty to assist and protect refugees. More information can...
Ukrainian refugee mothers and mental health
More than 60% of Ukrainian refugee mothers in Poland are experiencing high or severe levels of #distress, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said, highlighting the psychological impact of the war in their homeland. More information can be found here: Survey reveals war’s...