Counting the Refugees: Gifts, Givers, Patrons and Clients

Clients' experiences giving gifts to therapists.

Nine therapy clients were interviewed regarding their experiences of giving gifts to therapists. Data were analyzed using consensual qualitative research. In describing a specific event when they gave a gift that was accepted, participants described having a good relationship with the therapist and usually identified their therapy concerns as relationship or family struggles or both. Most bough...

Overindividuation in Gift Giving: Shopping for Multiple Recipients Leads Givers to Choose Unique but Less Preferred Gifts

Givers and Not Getters

a chain of events which leads to the disintegration of the personality and ultimately to the hospital. The percentage of the population who will spend some part of their lives in a mental hospital is increasing, and 3 large proportion of these people are elderly. Senile dementia, it is thought* is accelerated by loneliness. A harsh winter makes already existing problems more imminent. Death amo...

The Meaning of Gifts

Refugees in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Needs, Problems and Challenges

      As host to some of the world’s biggest emergencies and protracted crises, the Eastern Mediterranean Region carries the largest burden of displaced populations globally. Out of 58 million displaced persons worldwide, almost 30 million (52%) come from the Region. Syria is currently the world’s biggest producer of refugees and internally displaced persons, with more than 40% of the populatio...