Psychosocial Experiences and Adjustment of Migrants: Coming to the USA explores the emotional experiences of migrants seeking to come to America, including psychological sequelae of such relocation from one's home country to another country. This book is divided into three main parts. The first introduces the reader to the foundational principles of migration. Next, the chapter authors review individuals and families who come to the United States through "orderly" migration, profiling the experiences of immigrants from various countries and regions. The next set of chapters discuss "forced" migration, examining the relative impact of social and legal challenges and the psychological impact. The book wraps up with research, advocacy and mental health and social services options for migrants. - Spotlights mental health and psychosocial experiences of migrants, as well as refugees and asylum seekers - Provides greater depth about migratory patterns to the United States and the various complexities - Examines psychological adjustments in the presence of trenchant sociocultural change, cultural conflict and family dislocation - Discusses individual experiences and clinical case examples of migration to the USA through orderly and forced migration - Profiles experiences of immigrants from various countries and regions such as Mexico, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, etc. - Presents migration in the context of diverse stakeholders, including government, international agencies, civil society and even students

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Psychosocial Experiences and Adjustment of Migrants
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Front Matter
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List of contributors
Biographies
Preface
Chapter 1 Understanding the legal and historical context of migration to the United States
Chapter 2 Pros and cons of immigrating to the USA
Chapter 3 Psychological issues associated with migration
Chapter 4 Cultural issues in migration
Chapter 5 Migration Struggles
Chapter 6 Securitization of migration and hate crimes toward immigrants and refugees
Chapter 7 Gender and migration
Chapter 8 Psychological issues and support systems for children and youth refugees and immigrants
Chapter 9 The culturagram matrix
Chapter 10 Is immigration good or bad for the United States? A professional's personal reflection on the concepts of coloniality and mutual benefit in migration
Chapter 11 Two roads diverged
Chapter 12 Central American diasporas
Chapter 13 Caribbean immigrants in the United States and Canada
Chapter 14 Coming to America, the European experience
Chapter 15 African immigrants in America
Chapter 16 Coming to America from South Asia
Chapter 17 Chinese, Korean, and Japanese immigration to the US
Chapter 18 Coming from southeast Asia
Chapter 19 Forced displacement from the Northern Triangle region
Chapter 20 “You in Americuh, now”
Chapter 21 Understanding and working with Middle Eastern and Syrian migrants and refugees
Chapter 22 Refugees from Afghanistan
Chapter 23 Afghan girl refugees coming to America
Chapter 24 The role of social capital provided by the established ethnic enclaves in Ukrainian refugees' resettlement in the United States
Chapter 25 Diplomatic psychology at the United Nations
Chapter 26 UNHCR and the Global Compact on Refugees
Chapter 27 Doing what matters
Chapter 28 Psychosocial support for migrants and refugees
Chapter 29 How can governments at the United Nations work with NGOs on immigration? Experience and perspective of a UN Ambassador Emeritus
Chapter 30 Migrating to the United States
Chapter 31 Psychosocial experiences and adjustment of migrants
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