Mental Health Evaluations in Immigration Court - A Guide for Mental Health and Legal Professionals

"This book provides an overview of relevant issues at the intersection of mental health and immigration law, including the legal context of immigration court, and cultural and forensic mental health assessment considerations, serving a resource to mental health and legal professionals, as well as academics wishing to pursue scholarship in this area"--

About the author

Virginia Barber-Rioja (Author)

Virginia Barber-Rioja is Co-chief of Mental Health for Correctional Health Services/New York City Health and Hospitals and Adjunct Professor in the Psychology Department at New York University.

Adeyinka M. Akinsulure-Smith (Author)

Adeyinka M. Akinsulure-Smith is Professor of Psychology at the City College of

New York at the City University of New York (CUNY) and the CUNY Graduate Center. She is

also Senior Staff Psychologist at the Bellevue Program for Survivors of Torture.

Sarah Vendzules (Author)

Sarah Vendzules is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Office of the Appellate Defender. She has taught at Brooklyn Law School and New York University School of Law.

Product details

• Authors: Adeyinka M. Akinsulure-Smith, Virginia Barber-Rioja, Virginia Barber Rioja, Virginia Barber/ Akinsulure-smith Rioja, Sarah Vendzules
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781479802616
• ISBN: 978-1-4798-0261-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Psychology and Crime
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories