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Undersøkelse etter drukningstragedien i Tromsø: Hva kan vi lære om integrering og flyktninghelse?
Report2. desember 2019 døde en kvinne og to av døtrene hennes av drukning i Tromsø. Den tredje datteren ble alvorlig skadet. Kvinnen var fra Sør-Sudan og hadde fått opphold i Norge med familiegjenforening. Hun hadde bodd i Norge i litt over to år. Hendelsen vak...
Violence Exposure and Mental Health Among Resettled Refugees: A Systematic Review
Trauma, violence & abuse - Journal ArticleRefugee populations are often characterized by their high exposure to violence, which are tied to various challenges upon resettlement. This systematic review synthesizes the empirical literature related to violence exposure for refugees resettled in high...
Violence Exposure and Mental Health Among Resettled Refugees: A Systematic Review
Trauma, Violence, & Abuse - Journal ArticleRefugee populations are often characterized by their high exposure to violence, which are tied to various challenges upon resettlement. This systematic review synthesizes the empirical literature related to violence exposure for refugees resettled in high...
Understanding the mechanisms of transgenerational mental health impacts in refugees
Lancet Public Health - Journal ArticleThe trauma experienced by refugees has transgenerational mental health impacts.1,2 A study by Richard Bryant and colleagues3 in The Lancet Public Health provides evidence about the specific mechanisms by which these impacts might occur. Bryant and collea...
The prevalence of mental illness in refugees and asylum seekers: A systematic review and meta-analysis
PLoS medicine - Journal ArticleBACKGROUND: Globally, the number of refugees and asylum seekers has reached record highs. Past research in refugee mental health has reported wide variation in mental illness prevalence data, partially attributable to methodological limitations. This syst...
The prevalence of mental illness in refugees and asylum seekers: A systematic review and meta-analysis
PLoS Medicne - Journal ArticleGlobally, the number of refugees and asylum seekers has reached record highs. Past research in refugee mental health has reported wide variation in mental illness prevalence data, partially attributable to methodological limitations. This systematic revie...
The Effects of Family Financial Stress and Primary Caregivers' Levels of Acculturation on Children's Emotional and Behavioral Problems among Humanitarian Refugees in Australia
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - Journal ArticleThe present study evaluated the application of the basic and extended (incorporated primary caregivers’ levels of acculturation) Family Stress Model (FSM) to understand the effect of family financial stress and primary caregivers’ levels of acculturation ...
The effect of post-traumatic stress disorder on refugees' parenting and their children's mental health: A cohort study
Lancet Public Health - Journal ArticleChildren and adolescents, who account for most of the world's refugees, have an increased prevalence of psychological disorders. The mental health of refugee children is often associated with the severity of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in their ...
The Cultural and Contextual Adaptation Process of an Intervention to Reduce Psychological Distress in Young Adolescents Living in Lebanon
Frontiers in Psychiatry - Journal ArticleArmed conflict leads to increased risk of emotional distress among children and adolescents, and increased exposure to significant daily stressors such as poverty and community and family violence. Unfortunately, these increased risks usually occur in the...
Systematic review of depression and suicidality in child and adolescent (CAP) refugees
Psychiatry Research - Journal ArticleChild adversity and trauma has been shown to have incredible detrimental effects physically and mentally in the subsequent adult life. Importantly, refugee minors are especially vulnerable to trauma. Thus far there are numerous studies examining cohorts o...
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: The Prevalence of Mental Illness in Child and Adolescent Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Journal ArticleOBJECTIVE: Over half of the world's refugee population are under the age of 18 years. This systematic review aims to summarise the current body of evidence for the prevalence of mental illness in child and adolescent refugee populations. METHOD: Eight ele...
Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: The Prevalence of Mental Illness in Child and Adolescent Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - Journal ArticleOver half of the world's refugee population are under the age of 18 years. This systematic review aims to summarize the current body of evidence for the prevalence of mental illness in child and adolescent refugee populations.|Eight electronic databases, ...
Problem management plus (PM+): Individual psychological help for adults impaired by distress in communities exposed to adversity
WebpageWith this manual, the World Health Organization (WHO) is responding to requests from colleagues around the world who seek guidance on psychological interventions for people exposed to adversity. The manual describes a scalable psychological intervention c...
Post-traumatic stress disorders, depression, and anxiety in unaccompanied refugee minors exposed to war-related trauma: A systematic review
International Journal of Culture and Mental Health - Journal ArticleThis systematic review gathers data from the existing literature on the prevalence and course of psychiatric disorders among unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs). The databases PsychINFO, PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science were searched and reference lists ...
Oxford Textbook of Migrant Psychiatry
BookHuman beings have been migrant for millennia. Reasons for migration vary from economic, financial, and educational reasons to persecution on religious or other discriminations. Push and pull factors for migration can produce inordinate amount of stress on...
Narrative exposure therapy: A case for use with refugees via telehealth with the use of an interpreter
Clinical Case Studies - Journal ArticleRates of PTSD and depression are as high as or higher among samples of refugees than in the general population. There have been few randomized controlled trials of trauma-focused therapies conducted with refugees. Additionally, there has been little resea...
Measures: We are committed to evaluating all interventions with children
WebpageWith the kind permission of the original authors, we have compiled a package of self-completed questionnaires that measure distress in children. We strongly recommend that screening questionnaires are used before any intervention, around a week after and ...
Sleep disorders in migrants and refugees: A systematic review with implications for personalized medical approach
EPMA Journal - Journal ArticleSleep disorders are very common in migrants and refugees, often as a comorbid disorder to different somatic or psychiatric diagnoses and psychological disturbances such as metabolic syndrome, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety disorde...
Self-help plus for refugees and asylum seekers; study protocol for a series of individual participant data meta-analyses
European Journal of Psychotraumatology - Journal ArticleRefugees and asylum seekers face various stressors due to displacement and are especially vulnerable to common mental disorders. To effectively manage psychological distress in this population, innovative interventions are required. The World Health Organ...
Review of child and adolescent refugee mental health
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - Journal ArticleTo review stressful experiences and stress reactions among child and adolescent refugees, as well as interventions and ethical considerations in research and clinical work, within the framework of the chronological experiences of child refugees; namely, t...