Video Consultations: A Guide for Best Practice
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Psychological treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder in adults: a network meta-analysis
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a potentially chronic and disabling disorder affecting a significant minority of people exposed to trauma. Various psychological treatments have been shown to be effective, but their relative effects are not well established.
Our Housing and Welfare Work – A Lifeline for Survivors of Human Trafficking
I manage the Welfare and Housing Casework Team at the
Refugees Who Have Experienced Extreme Cruelty: A Qualitative Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing after Being Granted Leave to Remain in the UK
This study explores how vulnerable refugees’ experiences in the first year after being granted leave to remain in the UK impact on mental health and wellbeing.
Assessing asylum seekers, refugees and undocumented migrants
This paper focuses on the fictitious case of an asylum seeker presenting to a mental health service in England, highlighting some of the difficulties in assessing and treating this patient group and providing advice to clinicians on clinical and practical management
Ascertainment and Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in People with Intellectual Disabilities
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be under-recognized in people with intellectual disabilities (PWID) and reviews on appropriate screening tools and prevalence are lacking. This review aims to identify PTSD screening tools for PWID and estimate the prevalence of PTSD within this population.
Quick Guide to Modern Slavery for Primary Care Doctors
This guide supports General Practitioners to understand and recognise indicators
Quality Standards for Healthcare Professionals Working with Victims of Torture in Detention
The healthcare of those in detention who have been tortured
2018 Annual Report and Accounts
It has been my pleasure and privilege to join the team at the Helen Bamber Foundation (HBF) this year, to build on Helen’s and the Foundation’s remarkable legacy. The Foundation is a special place - in the services it offers, the culture it promotes and the people it supports. Our clients are at the centre of all we do. We bear witness to their suffering so that their voices are heard, their truths told. Our success as an organisation is a testament to our clients’ resilience and bravery. We hope that you too will be inspired by their stories. I am proud to share with you the Annual Report and financial statements for HBF for the year ended 31 December 2018.
A protocol for managing dissociative symptoms in refugee populations
This article describes a clinical protocol for supporting those presenting with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dissociative symptoms, particularly dissociative flashbacks, based on a cross-culturally applicable model.
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies
Helen Bamber Foundation Clinical Psychologist, Dr Kemi Komolafe, contributed to
The impact of immigration detention on mental health: a systematic review
The number of asylum seekers, refugees and internally displaced people worldwide has increased dramatically over the past 5 years. Many countries are continuing to resort to detaining asylum seekers and other migrants, despite concerns that this may be harmful.