Germany turns refugees into mental health counsellors for their peers

Project counters lack of mental health care by helping migrants to teach coping skills and offering asylum seekers a listening ear On the top floor of a former US army barracks in Schweinfurt, Germany, a Somali refugee called Abdi Mohamed is standing in front of a colourful chart which says: "Stress: Causes, Signs and Coping Strategies". Mohamed is running a small group therapy session, together with Parisa Moayedi, a colleague from Iran. "What do you feel when you get stressed?" Mohamed asks tw...