Consequences of Immigration Policies on Children, Youth, and Families Who Experience Migration-Related Trauma

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Introduction

• Introduction to the Special Issue on the Consequences of Immigration Policies on Children, Youth, and Families Who Experience Migration-Related Trauma
  Diane Elmore Borbon and Sylvia A. Marotta-Walters

Symptoms

• “Estuvimos en una hielera”: Migration Trauma and Detainment Among Newcomer Latinx Adolescents
  Mercedes P. Palacios, Sita G. Patel, William Martinez, David E. Reed II, K. Y. Emma Liu, and Alfonso Mercado
• La Linterna: Clinical Model for Trauma-Exposed, Migrant Children
  John Harlow, Natalie C. Cruz, Teresa Celada-Dalton, and Julie A. Cederbaum
• Más Que Palabras: Understanding the Mental Health and Behavioral Consequences of Sociodemographic Risk and Deportation Fears in Latinx Families
  Jose Arreola, Lyric N. Russo, Breana R. Cervantes, Paulina Paredes, Hugo Sanchez Hernandez, Christina M. Marquez, Gloria Montiel, Francisca Leal, Nancy Guerra, and Jessica L. Borelli
• Posttraumatic Growth and Psychopathological Symptoms as Predictors in the Integration of North Korean Adolescent Refugees: Latent Profile Analysis
  Wonjung Ryu, Yongho Chon, and Hyun Lee
• How Immigration Detention Harms Children: A Conceptual Framework to Inform Policy and Practice
  Sarah Mares and Anna Ziersch
• Trauma in the American Asylum Process: Experiences of Immigrant Families Under the Migrant Protection Protocols
  Alfonso Mercado, Amanda Venta, Frances Morales, Amanda Palomin, Luz Garcini, Michelle Silva, and Melanie M. Domenech Rodríguez

Treatment

• Unaccompanied Migrant Children in the United States: Implementation and Effectiveness of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  Zabin S. Patel, Elizabeth P. Casline, Cedrin Vera, Vanessa Ramirez, and Amanda Jensen-Doss
• When Silence Feels Safer: Challenges and Successes of Delivering a School-Based Cognitive Behavioral Intervention to Central American Unaccompanied Immigrant Youth
  Naomi A. Schapiro, Ellen Moore, Ericberto Garcia, Erica Gomes, Mariane Stimbra- Mora, and Whitney Greswold
• A Novel Multifamily Treatment Targeting Symptoms Related to Latinx Caregiver Deportation
  David Hoskins, Martha Hernández, Amy Pérez, Lauren Spampinato, Peggy Tahir, and Tai Chang
• Mental Health as the Cornerstone of Effective Medical-Legal Partnerships for Asylum- Seekers: The Terra Firma Model
  Lisa Pineda and Brenda Punsky
• Leveraging Community-Based Mental Health Services to Reduce Inequities for Children and Families Living in United States Who Have Experienced Migration-Related Trauma Alisa B. Miller, Seetha H. Davis, Luna A. Mulder, Jeffrey P. Winer, Osob M. Issa, Emma Cardeli, and B. Heidi Ellis

System-Level Responses

• A Model of Collaborative Immigration Advocacy to Prevent Policy-Based Trauma and Harm
  Germán A. Cadenas, Mary Beth Morrissey, Stephanie Miodus, Elizabeth Cardenas Bautista, Martha Hernández, Shaznin Daruwalla, Falu Rami, and Gabriela Hurtado
• Migration-Related Trauma and PTSD Among Latinx Parents in the Southeast During COVID-19
  Yesnely Anacari Flores, Emily Lemon, Carla Santiago, Belisa Urbina, and Briana Woods-Jaeger
• Trauma-Informed Care for Unaccompanied Children: Lessons Learned for Practice and Policy Development
  Diane Elmore Borbon, Elizabeth Tant Blackmon, NCTSN Unaccompanied Children Task Force, and John A. Fairbank