Migration, Violence and Mental Health among Urban Poor CAS

City councils, politicians, NGOs and others are in urgent need of developing a rational approach of dealing with related problems such as the exponential growth of large cities as well as a notable increase of mental health issues.

The Program on Migration, Violence and Mental health among urban Poor provides an interdisciplinary approach to dealing with the challenges of migration, disintegration of families, violence, stress related conditions, mental illness such as depression and anxiety syndromes, ill health due to crowding, and other phenomena of urbanization.

Participants will learn from both scientists and practitioners from mental health care specialists, migration experts, conflict advisers and social scientists from anthropology, international relations and religious studies.