Survivors, Trauma and Mental Illness: A Challenge for Australian Jewish Welfare

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In Journal Issue

Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, 26, 2 (2023)

Author(s) Deborah Green AbstractThis article begins by examining the state of Sydney’s mental hospitals, as they were then known, in order to highlight the conditions and treatments that prevailed in the 1950s and to identify some of the particular disadvantages for migrants and refugees in such institutions. The contributions of key leaders, doctors and social workers are then explored as a means to address the question of who helped this group of survivors. Finally, the various case studies found in the AJWS archives are discussed. In some cases, these are fragments of the story.
Year2023
Pages207-229
Keyword(s)Holocaust;Refugees and Welfare;Mental Illness;Australian Jewish Welfare Society