MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING RESOURCE

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Welcome to HARP's Mental Health and Well Being Web Resource. This website has been designed to help health professionals in assisting asylum seekers and refugees with mental health issues. For more detailed information please go to About us section.

Crisis intervention - Where to get help in a health or legal emergency.

Do and do not - Points to consider when treating asylum seekers and refugees

Rights and awareness - Legal rights and health services for refugees with mental health needs.

Experiencing mental health problems - A guide to mental health problems, treatments and self-help strategies.

Pathways to support - Practical tools/guidelines including interpretation. Includes useful contacts.

Cultural understandings - Information on the role of culture in the context of mental health and well-being.

News & Events

The Refugee Council

TRANSLATED INFORMATION FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS: * leaflet on applying for asylum, including clear information on the asylum process, what happens after applying fo... read more >>

Department of Health: Caring for Dispersed Asylum Seekers - A Resource Pack (2003)

The Department of Health and the Refugee Council have worked together to produce this Resource Pack for all frontline health staff and service planners who come... read more >>

What's new

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Other Links:

National directory of local asylum resources

News and events - for the latest news, events and courses

Media resources - useful rich-media resources

Communicate - multilingual health information site

Harpweb - health for asylum seekers and refugees portal

Site sponsors: Department of Health, East of England Local Government Consortium, Medical Foundation, Refugee Council, West Norfolk PCT

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