Mayssa Rekhis
Biographic Data
| ID | 164065 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mayssa Rekhis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mayssa |
| FAMILY NAME | Rekhis |
| SIGNATURE | REKHIS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | School of Public health and Community Medicine University of Gothenburg Goteborg Sweden |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1712-8847 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Exile, post-traumatic life desire, and therapeutic empowerment
Empowerment can be considered a traveling concept, present in several spheres from community psychology to international development, with different definitions, theories, and applications. It became salient in interventions targeting marginalized and vulnerabilized communities. Through an ethnographic study of a trauma-therapy center for exiles in Sweden, this paper explores how psychotherapy, in addition to focusing on trauma, took on a new rol…
The worlds of public health, anthropological excursions By DidierFassin, Cambridge, UK: Polity Press. 2023. 274 pp
Surviving Trauma in Exile and the Integration-Conundrum: Navigating Therapy and the Imperatives of a Host(ile?) Society
Survivre le trauma dans l'exil : entre thérapies et impératifs moraux de la société hôte "Indésirables" du monde contemporain (Agier, 2008), les réfugiés sont souvent considérés comme des " Autres " dont la vie peut être gâchée, aux frontières meurtrières, dans les centres de détention, ou en marge des sociétés. Alors qu’ils doivent prouver leur souffrance pour recevoir le droit d'asile, les politiques migratoires actuelles attendent d'eux qu'ils…
Rights of people with mental disorders: Realities in healthcare facilities in Tunisia
BACKGROUND: Mental disorders have been associated worldwide with human rights' violations. Controversially, many occur in mental health facilities. AIM: This work aimed to assess the rights of people with mental disorders in healthcare facilities in Tunisia. METHODS: A cross-sectional study, using the World Health Organization (WHO) quality-rights toolkit, assessed the human rights levels of achievement in Elrazi Hospital, the only psychiatric ho…
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Rights of people with mental disorders: Realities in healthcare facilities in Tunisia
BACKGROUND: Mental disorders have been associated worldwide with human rights' violations. Controversially, many occur in mental health facilities. AIM: This work aimed to assess the rights of people with mental disorders in healthcare facilities in Tunisia. METHODS: A cross-sectional study, using the World Health Organization (WHO) quality-rights toolkit, assessed the human rights levels of achievement in Elrazi Hospital, the only psychiatric ho…
Surviving Trauma in Exile and the Integration-Conundrum: Navigating Therapy and the Imperatives of a Host(ile?) Society
Survivre le trauma dans l'exil : entre thérapies et impératifs moraux de la société hôte "Indésirables" du monde contemporain (Agier, 2008), les réfugiés sont souvent considérés comme des " Autres " dont la vie peut être gâchée, aux frontières meurtrières, dans les centres de détention, ou en marge des sociétés. Alors qu’ils doivent prouver leur souffrance pour recevoir le droit d'asile, les politiques migratoires actuelles attendent d'eux qu'ils…
The worlds of public health, anthropological excursions By DidierFassin, Cambridge, UK: Polity Press. 2023. 274 pp
Exile, post-traumatic life desire, and therapeutic empowerment
Empowerment can be considered a traveling concept, present in several spheres from community psychology to international development, with different definitions, theories, and applications. It became salient in interventions targeting marginalized and vulnerabilized communities. Through an ethnographic study of a trauma-therapy center for exiles in Sweden, this paper explores how psychotherapy, in addition to focusing on trauma, took on a new rol…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Community Health and Development (1 works) · Convention (1 works) · Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (1 works) · Cultural environment (1 works) · Documentation (1 works)