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Understanding the migration experience of unaccompanied youth: A review of the literature
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry - Journal ArticleMigration of unaccompanied immigrant and refugee youth has increased around the world in the last decade, peaking in 2014 in the United States and in 2015 in Europe. Youth are pushed to migrate without parents or guardians to escape war, persecution, gang...
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 ...
Stress, trauma, and posttraumatic stress disorder in migrants: A comprehensive review
Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry - Journal ArticleThere is growing evidence supporting the association between migration and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Considering the growing population of migrants and the particularities of providing culturally sensitive mental health care for these persons,...
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...
Sleep disorders in migrants and refugees: a systematic review with implications for personalized medical approach
EPMA J. - Journal ArticleBACKGROUND: Sleep 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 anx...
School factors related to the emotional wellbeing and resettlement outcomes of students from refugee backgrounds: Protocol for a systematic review
Systematic Reviews - Journal ArticleSchools can play a vital role in the resettlement of refugee children and their families. Yet, the body of research examining school environmental factors that support the mental health and acculturation of refugee children is methodologically heterogeneo...
Review: Cultural adaptations to psychosocial interventions for families with refugee/asylum-seeker status in the United Kingdom - a systematic review
Child and adolescent mental health - Journal ArticleBACKGROUND: Young people with refugee or asylum-seeker status (R/AS) often present with complex mental health needs, in the context of traumatic life experiences. Generic mental health services in the United Kingdom (UK) may be ill-equipped to manage the ...
Psychological morbidity among forcibly displaced children-a literature review
Irish Journal of Medical Science - Journal ArticleIn 2018, nearly 75 million people were displaced from their place of origin of which 20.4 million are considered as refugees. Children constitute over half of this population. A review of the currently available literature regarding the psychological impa...
Acculturation patterns and education of refugees and asylum seekers: A systematic literature review
Learning and Individual Differences - Journal ArticleThe global refugee crisis has resulted in the widespread resettlement of forcibly displaced peoples into foreign cultures. These refugees are forced into new and sometimes very different cultures, and thus must undertake the psychological process of accul...
Epidemiology of Substance Use among Forced Migrants: A Global Systematic Review
PLoS One - Journal ArticleForced migration is occurring at unprecedented levels. Forced migrants may be at risk for substance use for reasons including coping with traumatic experiences, co-morbid mental health disorders, acculturation challenges and social and economic inequality...
Chronic pain in multi-traumatized outpatients with a refugee background resettled in Norway: a cross-sectional study
BMC Psychology - Journal ArticleTraumatized refugees often report significant levels of chronic pain in addition to posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, and more information is needed to understand pain in refugees exposed to traumatic events. This study aimed to assess the frequency...
A systematic review of socio-ecological factors contributing to risk and protection of the mental health of refugee children and adolescents
Clinical psychology review - Journal ArticleIn the past decade, millions of children and adolescents have been forced to flee from protracted or newly erupted violent conflicts. Forcibly displaced children are particularly vulnerable for developing mental health problems. However, a timely and syst...
A systematic review of socio-ecological factors contributing to risk and protection of the mental health of refugee children and adolescents
Clinical Psychology Review - Journal ArticleIn the past decade, millions of children and adolescents have been forced to flee from protracted or newly erupted violent conflicts. Forcibly displaced children are particularly vulnerable for developing mental health problems. However, a timely and syst...