The Mental Health of Children Impacted by Armed Conflict: Supporting Parenting & Wellbeing

Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH)

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.22189
In this podcast, we are joined by Professor Kenneth E. Miller, Edith Lando Professor in Counselling for Refugee and Immigrant Youth and Families at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Ken is also the author of the book War Torn, Stories of Courage, Love and Resilience. He’s director of the film Unholy Ground about the impact on war on a frontline village in Sri Lanka. And he writes a blog for Psychology Today called The Refugee Experience.
Today we’ll be focusing on Ken’s work with refugees, and some of his research, including his recent JCPP paper ‘Supporting parenting among Syrian refugees in Lebanon: a randomized controlled trial of the caregiver support intervention’ (doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13668).
Discussion points include;

• Insight into what conditions are like for children and young people living in areas of armed conflict from a mental health perspective
• From experience and research, what kinds of interventions make the most difference for refugee children and their families
• Overview of his recent JCPP paper ‘Supporting parenting among Syrian refugees in Lebanon: a randomized controlled trial of the caregiver support intervention’
• Outcomes from introducing caregiver support interventions, plus defining harsh parenting
• How healing is possible for children and young people who find themselves displaced or at the centre of unrest
• Advice for parents or carers, CAMH professionals and policy makers.