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Rukhsana Ahmed and Victoria Strachan

Mental health of refugees in Canada calls for urgent attention

Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Marco Mendicino and Women and Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef greet Afghan refugees arriving in Canada on Aug. 4. Barriers to accessing available mental health services and the lack of culturally appropriate and tailored services impede on the ability of refugees to ameliorate the state of their mental health, write Rukhsana Ahmed and Victoria Strachan. Photograph of Marco Mendicino's Twitter
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Marco Mendicino and Women and Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef greet Afghan refugees arriving in Canada on Aug. 4. Barriers to accessing available mental health services and the lack of culturally appropriate and tailored services impede on the ability of refugees to ameliorate the state of their mental health, write Rukhsana Ahmed and Victoria Strachan. Photograph of Marco Mendicino's Twitter
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Marco Mendicino and Women and Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef greet Afghan refugees arriving in Canada on Aug. 4. Barriers to accessing available mental health services and the lack of culturally appropriate and tailored services impede on the ability of refugees to ameliorate the state of their mental health, write Rukhsana Ahmed and Victoria Strachan. Photograph of Marco Mendicino's Twitter
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Marco Mendicino and Women and Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef greet Afghan refugees arriving in Canada on Aug. 4. Barriers to accessing available mental health services and the lack of culturally appropriate and tailored services impede on the ability of refugees to ameliorate the state of their mental health, write Rukhsana Ahmed and Victoria Strachan. Photograph of Marco Mendicino's Twitter