Prevalent in the Arab and Chaldean community, this issue often goes undetected and denied by many those who bare the shame concept of being diagnosed with mental illness. Since the outbreak of the civil wars and more recently, the Gulf War, the influx of refugees has accelerated, bringing more than 10,000 refugees to the Detroit Metropolitan area to join family members. This group, typically indigent, uneducated, with little or no English language proficiency face acute trauma of long-term dislocation. ACC's unique program offers Middle Eastern refugees a wide array of mental health care specifically tailored to facilitate cultural adjustment and transition in the United States.
Educational workshops are available on child-rearing practices and other acculturation issues.
ACC has developed a manual to help behavioral health providers become more ethnically sensitive when dealing with Arab and Chaldean Americans.