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Traumatized refugees: Identifying needs and facing challenges for mental health care

Scenarier for helsetjenestebehov for flyktninger fra Ukraina

Innledning Russlands invasjon av Ukraina har ført til en umiddelbar økning i antall flyktninger til andre land i Europa. En slik situasjon krever økt beredskap hos helsetjenesten, og økt beredskap krever oppdaterte og pålitelige data for beslutningsgrunnl...

Oxford Textbook of Migrant Psychiatry

Human 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...

Measures: We are committed to evaluating all interventions with children

With 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 ...

Kultur og kontekst i praktisk psykologarbeid

Boken redegjør for betydningen av kultur og kontekst i psykologens arbeid, og stiller og besvarer spørsmål som: Hvilken betydning har kontekstuelle forhold for psykisk helse? Hvilke utfordringer møter vi i det krysskulturelle psykologarbeidet? Hvordan påv...

Self-help plus for refugees and asylum seekers; study protocol for a series of individual participant data meta-analyses

Refugees 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...

Primary care management of non-English-speaking refugees who have experienced trauma: A clinical review

Refugees are a vulnerable class of immigrants who have fled their countries, typically following war, violence, or natural disaster, and who have frequently experienced trauma. In primary care, engaging refugees to develop a positive therapeutic relations...

Practitioner review: Assessment and treatment of refugee children and adolescents who have experienced war-related trauma

Increasingly clinicians are being asked to assess and treat young refugees, who have experienced traumatic events due to war and organised violence. However, evidence-based guidance remains scarce.|Published studies on the mental health difficulties of re...

Mental Health Screening Approaches for Resettling Refugees and Asylum Seekers: A Scoping Review

Refugees and asylum seekers often face delayed mental health diagnoses, treatment, and care. COVID-19 has exacerbated these issues. Delays in diagnosis and care can reduce the impact of resettlement services and may lead to poor long-term outcomes. This s...

Mental Health of Refugees and Torture Survivors: A Critical Review of Prevalence, Predictors, and Integrated Care

Civilian war trauma and torture rank among the most traumatic life experiences; exposure to such experiences is pervasive in nations experiencing both internal and external conflict. This has led to a high volume of refugees resettling throughout the worl...

Mental health comorbidity in low-income and middle-income countries: a call for improved measurement and treatment

Considerable progress has been made over the past decade in epidemiological and intervention research, service delivery, and increasing awareness of and appreciation for the importance of mental health in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). A ...

Knowledge of the Unknown Child: A Systematic Review of the Elements of the Best Interests of the Child Assessment for Recently Arrived Refugee Children

Decision-making regarding an asylum request of a minor requires decision-makers to determine the best interests of the child when the minor is relatively unknown. This article presents a systematic review of the existing knowledge of the situation of rece...

Examing the pre-war health burden for Ukraine prioritisation by European countries receiving Ukrainian refugees

The recent escalation of conflict after the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, has already displaced 2,800,000 Ukrainian refugees, 1  and the number is expected to rise in days ahead. Ukrainians can move freely between European Union Memb...

Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen

The Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen (CATS) questionnaire is a brief, freely accessible screening instrument based on the DSM-5 criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). It is a measure of potentially traumatic events and of posttraumatic stres...

Educational, developmental and psychological outcomes of resettled refugee children in Western Australia: a review of School of Special Educational Needs: Medical and Mental Health input

There are limited data regarding the educational backgrounds and associated psychological and developmental outcomes of refugee children resettling in Western Australia (WA). The WA paediatric Refugee Health Service (RHS) revised its first consult questio...

Assessing trauma and mental health in refugee children and youth: a systematic review of validated screening and measurement tools

BACKGROUND: : It is estimated that children below 18 years constitute 50% of the refugee population worldwide, which is the highest figure in a decade. Due to conflicts like the Syrian crises, children are continuously exposed to traumatic events. Trauma ...

Assessing trauma and mental health in refugee children and youth: A systematic review of validated screening and measurement tools