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Mental Health Evaluations in Immigration Court : A Guide for Mental Health and Legal Professionals
Title
Mental Health Evaluations in Immigration Court : A Guide for Mental Health and Legal Professionals / Virginia Barber Rioja, Adeyinka M. Akinsulure-Smith, and Sarah Vendzules.
ISBN
9781479802623
Publication
New York : New York University Press, [2022]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2023
Copyright Notice Date
©[2022]
Physical Description
1 online resource.
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Access is available to the Yale community.
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Summary
"This book provides an overview of relevant issues at the intersection of mental health and immigration law, including the legal context of immigration court, and cultural and forensic mental health assessment considerations, serving as a resource to mental health and legal professionals, as well as academics wishing to pursue scholarship in this area"-- Provided by the publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project Muse books annual backfile collection 2023.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 17, 2024
Series
Psychology and crime
Contents
Part I: The legal context of immigration law
A brief overview of the immigration system and forensic mental health assessment
Detention of immigrants
Forms of removal relief and related psycholegal issues
Part II: Mental health and immigration
Roles of mental health professionals
Risk factors for mental health distress in immigrants facing removal proceedings
Assessment of trauma in immigrants facing removal proceedings
Vicarious trauma and secondary traumatic stress in lawyers and mental health professionals
Part III: Cultural, legal, and forensic considerations in Immigration Court
Special considerations for collaboration between lawyers and mental health professionals
Cultural considerations (with the collaboration of Maria Aparcero-Suero)
Forensic assessment considerations
Competency to participate in immigration proceedings
Violence risk assessment.
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