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Challenges to addressing mental health repercussions of large-scale immigration worksite raids in the rural United States.

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: Immigration worksite raids-in which dozens to hundreds of individuals are detained-often target food processing plants or other warehouse-based operations, primary sources of employment for immigrants in rural communities. Drawing on interviews with 77 adults who provided support following six worksite raids, we describe three challenges to identifying resultant mental health impacts: 1) amid poverty and family disappearance, mental health is not the priority; 2) untrained practitioners misidentify signs of declining mental health; and 3) mental health care is linguistically limited, expensive, and inaccessible to working families. We end by discussing how practitioners and advocates can address these challenges.

Source: Rural Mental Health

DOI: 10.1037/rmh0000223

Authors: William D. Lopez, Nicole L. Novak, Nourel-Hoda Eidy, Tamera L. Shull, Angela Stuesse

Institutions: University of Michigan, University of Iowa, University of California, Berkeley, Case Western Reserve University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language: English

Topic: Migration, Health and Trauma

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities, No poverty

Open Access status: green

Funders: University of Michigan, University of Iowa, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan, National Human Genome Research Institute