Primer apoyo emocional a personas migrantes. Recomendaciones para profesionales
Migrants may be exposed to different situations of vulnerability before, during and after their trip, in addition to having to face the fact of leaving their home and loved ones behind. The conditions in which they face this entire process often end up affecting their mental health. To accompany and support this immigration process, Doctors of the Aragon World has published the guide “First emotional support for migrants. Recommendations for professionals”.
he immigration grief It is an adaptive process of working through the losses associated with the migratory experience. Depending on the severity, migratory grief can be simple or adaptive, complicated or extreme. Furthermore, as reflected in the Guide, it presents several characteristicsas they can be:
- It is partial, recurrent and multiple.
- It affects the identity of the person.
- It entails psychological regression, sometimes adopting less autonomous attitudes.
- We live in ambivalence, “I am neither from here nor from there.”
- It also affects people who stay in the place of origin.
- It is an unfinished duel, since it is reactivated with each return.
- It is transgenerational, it can pass from one generation to another.
- Like all grief, it is a private process, but at the same time a public process.
In this way, the Guide contains a series of recommendations related to how to provide emotional support to people who suffer from a disorder derived from their migratory experience and the emotional reactions that may occur, as well as self-care tips and different techniques to calm anxiety.
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