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Psychiatric-psychotherapeutic and psychosocial care for refugees: effects and future prospects of the refuKey project - perspective of experts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

N. Wendt ,
I. Graef-Calliess ,
K. Loos ,
D. Finkelstein ,
V. Mohwinkel ,
I. Özkan ,
G. Penteker  and
B. Trilesnik
N. Wendt
Affiliation:
Netzwerk für Traumatisierte Flüchtlinge e.V., Ntfn, Hannover, Germany
I. Graef-Calliess
Affiliation:
Hannover Medical School, Dept. Of Psychiatry, Hannover, Germany
K. Loos
Affiliation:
Netzwerk für Traumatisierte Flüchtlinge e.V., Ntfn, Hannover, Germany
D. Finkelstein
Affiliation:
Netzwerk für Traumatisierte Flüchtlinge e.V., Ntfn, Hannover, Germany
V. Mohwinkel
Affiliation:
Netzwerk für Traumatisierte Flüchtlinge e.V., Ntfn, Hannover, Germany
I. Özkan
Affiliation:
DTPPP, Transcultural Psychiatry, Psychotherapy And Psychosomatics, Hamm, Germany
G. Penteker
Affiliation:
Netzwerk für Traumatisierte Flüchtlinge e.V., Ntfn, Hannover, Germany
B. Trilesnik*
Affiliation:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Clinical Psychology, Berlin, Germany
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Refugees have been shown to be a vulnerable population with increased psychiatric morbidity and lack of access to adequate mental health care. By establishing cooperations between psychosocial centers and psychiatric clinics the state funded project refuKey by NTFN e.V. and DGPPN aims to improve access to and quality of mental health care for traumatized refugees pursuing a stepped-care model.

Objectives

As part of a larger project evaluation study four focus-groups among experts were conducted to explore the impact of refuKey on refugees’ mental health care.

Methods

Data analysis was conducted using Mayring qualitative content analysis as well as an additional quantitative survey with state refugee reception centers’ employees.

Results

The results indicate that refuKey faciliated the access to mental health care for refugees in terms of systematic identification of mental disorders, eased transitions and increased networking between the mental health care institutions and sectors. Planning and implementation of treatment is described as being more coordinated, solution oriented and sustainable due to multiprofessional collaboration and regular use of qualified interpreters. Reduced distress as well as increased transcultural expertise was found for professionals.

Conclusions

The persisting barriers for refugees in access to mental health care, especially to psychotherapeutic treatment and the emotional burden for professionals underlines the need for further support and research. The experts highly endorse the continuance of refuKey. Furthermore, they call for expansion of the project in terms of staff and new sites and changes of health policies to guarantee the access to adequate health care for traumatized refugees.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

Refugeestepped-carecooperation centersmental health care
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S636 - S637
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