Communication in refugee and migrant mental healthcare:A systematic rapid review on the needs, barriers and strategies of seekers and providers of mental health services

BackgroundMigrants and refugees may not access mental health services due to linguistic and cultural discordance between them and health and social care professionals (HSCPs). The aim of this review is to identify the communication needs and barriers experienced by third-country nationals (TCNs), their carers, and HSCPs, as well as the strategies they use and their preferences when accessing/providing mental health services and language barriers are present.MethodsWe undertook a rapid systematic review of the literature (01/01/2011 – 09/03/2022) on seeking and/or providing mental health services in linguistically discordant settings. Quality appraisal was performed, data was extracted, and evidence was reviewed and synthesised qualitatively.Results58/5,650 papers met the inclusion criteria. Both TCNs (and their carers) and HSCPs experience difficulties when seeking or providing mental health services and language barriers are present. TCNs and HSCPs prefer linguistically and culturally concordant provision of mental health services but professional interpreters are often required. However, their use is not always preferred, nor is it without problems.ConclusionsLanguage barriers impede TCNs’ access to mental health services. Improving language support options and cultural competency in mental health services is crucial to ensure that individuals from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds can access and/or provide high-quality mental health services

A new interdisciplinary approach to build a geomorpho-archaeological map: the case study of the Versilia plain (NW Italy)

A new interdisciplinary approach to build a geomorpho-archaeological map: the case study of the Versilia plain (NW Italy

On specific factors affecting the crystallization of PET: role of carboxyl terminal groups and residual catalysts on the crystallization rate

The non-isothermal crystallization rate of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) has been studied in differential scanning calorimetry experiments, by cooling from the molten state of samples of various molecular weights, prepared using various catalysts (mainly Ti(OBu)4). The crystallization temperature, Tc, was obviously influenced by the molecular weight, but also by the carboxyl group content, by the type of residual catalyst, by dissolution-reprecipitation treatments and by re-melting phenomena. The observed effects were interpreted assuming that interactions of terminal groups of the PET chains (mutual or with residual catalyst) led to an apparent increase in molecular weight, which in turn determined a decrease in the chain mobility and was responsible for a decrease in the rate of crystallization. Thus, a higher concentration of carboxyl terminal groups as well as interactions of PET terminal groups with the catalyst decreased Tc. Any factor which was able to destroy these interactions (treatments of dissolution-reprecipitation, phosphorous derivatives, aging) led to an increase of the overall crystallization rate

MAPPA Project. Methodologies Applied to Archaeological Potential Predictivity

This initial online publication is an extract from the project forms submitted to Regione Toscana under the PAR FAS Regione Toscana Action Line 1.1.a.3. call. It has been partially reviewed and adapted for a less technical reading. We believe that it is important to publish the project extract in order to provide details on the project objectives, the instruments that will be applied to achieve the objectives, the products that will be developed and the methods for disseminating the results