… The interviews and participant observation were undertaken by Rachel Kronick, who is a …
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Rachel Kronick, Centre for …

This article introduces a thematic issue of Transcultural Psychiatry that presents recent work
that deepens our understanding of the refugee experience—from the forces of displacement…

With unprecedented numbers of displaced persons worldwide, mental health clinicians in
high-income countries will increasingly encounter refugee and asylum-seeking patients, many …

Objectives The first objective of this qualitative component of a mixed-methods study is to
provide a descriptive account of adult asylum seekers’ experience of detention in Canadian …

Since 1990, forced displacement has more than doubled, and, despite their resources, high-income
countries welcome only a small proportion (24%) of those needing international …

Structural competencyis an approach to clinical training and practice that aims to improve
health care by directing attention to the social inequities that are among the root causes of …

Asylum seeking children arriving in Canada regularly face incarceration in medium-security-style
immigration detention centres. Research demonstrates the human cost of detaining …

From 2011 until 2012, members of the Canadian parliament debated three iterations of
legislation relating to the detention of asylum seekers. The final bill, unlike its predecessors, …

DisCussion Research is progressing, however, at a slow pace compared with the political
reality. With Bill C-4, it will be even easier for authorities to detain asylum-seeking children. …

Recent events in Canada, such as the discovery of graves of Indigenous children at former
residential schools and the emergence of Black Lives Matter, have highlighted inequities …