Post-Disaster Mental Distress Relief: Health Promotion and Knowledge Exchange in Partnership with a Refugee Diaspora Community

Laura Simich; Lisa Andermann; Joanna Anneke Rummens; Ted Lo

doi:10.25071/1920-7336.21396

Post-Disaster Mental Distress Relief: Health Promotion and Knowledge Exchange in Partnership with a Refugee Diaspora Community

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Laura Simich University of Toronto and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Lisa Andermann University of Toronto and Mount Sinai Hospital
Joanna Anneke Rummens Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto
Ted Lo University of Toronto and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

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https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.21396

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Local Distress Relief Network, LDRN, Sri Lankan Tamils, Canada, refugees, diaspora, psychosocial support, mental distress, health

Abstract

After the 2004 Asian tsunami, a group of concerned scientists, physicians, and community service providers united to form a Local Distress Relief Network (LDRN) to provide information, referral, and care to affected members of the large Sri Lankan Tamil community in Toronto. The LDRN organized a workshop that brought together community-based organizations and international and local experts in mental health and disaster response to review existing knowledge on disaster response and to share community knowledge and experience. This article summarizes the development of the network, the workshop proceedings and joint recommendations for community based, culturally appropriate mental distress relief.

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2008-04-01

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Simich, L., Andermann, L., Rummens, J. A., & Lo, T. (2008). Post-Disaster Mental Distress Relief: Health Promotion and Knowledge Exchange in Partnership with a Refugee Diaspora Community. Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, 25(1), 44–54. https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.21396

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Vol. 25 No. 1 (2008): Psychosocial Dimensions of the Refugee Experience

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