When History is a Nightmare: Lives and Memories of Ethnic Cleansing in Bosnia-Herzegovina
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Bosnian and Kosovar Refugee Mental Health Specialized mental health services are provided to Bosnian and Kosovar refugees at the Chicago Health Outreach through the collaboration between the Heartland Alliance, the PGPW of the UIC, and the State of Illinois Department of Human Services. Services being provided include psychopharmacology, individual and group psychotherapies, testimony, creative arts and massage therapy. Over the past three years more than 400 Bosnian refugees have received mental health treatment at this program. Project staff involved in providing clinical services include Stevan Weine MD, Amer Smajkic MD, Zvezdana Djuric-Bijedic MD, Dzana Huseni RN and Dheeraj Raijna MD, in collaboration with other Chicago Health Outreach staff. Fellowship in Refugee Mental Health The PGPW of the UIC Department of Psychiatry initiated a fellowship in refugee mental health for the academic year 1999 to 2000. The current fellow is Dheeraj Raijna MD Activities include clinical service, community outreach, research and teaching. For more information on the fellowship please contact. Dr. Raijna or Dr. Weine. UIC Trauma Studies Workshop The trauma studies workshop is a place for dialogue between clinicians, scientists, humanists and lay persons concerning current work in trauma studies. Ours is an open group and we welcome newcomers from within or beyond the UIC community, especially residents, students and trainees. The workshop is co-sponsored by the UIC’s Project on Genocide, Psychiatry, and Witnessing (PGPW) and by the Department of Psychiatry at the VA Chicago Health Care System. Meetings generally take place one Friday a month at 12 noon and last one and a half hours including a time for group discussion. Meetings take place at the 119 conference room of the Institute for Juvenile Research which is located at 907 South Woollcott. The schedule for 1999-2000 will be posted in 9/99. For more information contact Steve Weine. Seminars for UIC Residents & Medical Students Current teaching includes:
Consulting We provide consultations to individuals or organizations concerning refugee mental health, family prevention and access interventions, trauma mental health, research or writing.
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