Mental Health Advocacy for Somali Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Funding has been awarded to offer advocacy to Somali refugees with serious mental health problems, using an advocate who has the same ethnic and cultural background and language. This advocate will hold a dual role: to help Somalis communicate their distress and their mental health needs and explain the Western medical mental health model so that they can better access and utilise services; and to explain the Somali user’s specific cultural context to mental health professionals, thereby increasing their awareness.
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