CIMH in the news
WBEZ Article - december 14, 2023
The harrowing journeys of migrants are revealed in the quiet spaces of Chicago
Migrants who already struggle to talk about their trauma find a persistent shortage of mental health workers. Support groups are trying to fill the void.
CIMH Members Cited: Amy Hill, LCSW (Kovler Center), Rebecca Ford-Paz, Ph.D. (Lurie Children’s Hospital) & Aimee Hilado, (UChicago’s Crown Family School and CIMH Chair)
WBEZ Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - January 30, 2023
Chicago migrants faces challenges accessing mental health care
Experts say migrants experience high levels of stress from the journey and the uncertainty of their legal status in the U.S. Many migrants arrive in Chicago with little knowledge of where they’ll sleep or how they’ll access food and care, especially mental health care.
Reset hears about one migrant’s experience and what support that community needs most.
GUESTS: Elvia Malagón, reports on social justice, immigration and income inequality for the Chicago Sun-Times & Aimee Hilado, Assistant Professor, UChicago’s Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, Chair, Coalition for Immigrant Mental Health
chicago sun times - january 27, 2023
Death in shelter for immigrants highlights mental health challenges asylum seekers could face
As hundreds of asylum seekers arrive in the Chicago area, the death of one newly arrived immigrant illustrates the complex mental health problems they could face as they try to settle into a new life.
south side weekly - December 16, 2022
Forensic Medical Evaluators for Asylum Seekers Need More Support
As asylum seekers attempt to escape trauma in their home countries, Midwest Human Rights Consortium (MHRC) helps fill the need of forensic evaluations to strengthen asylum cases. The article references CIMH Members partnering with MHRC.