ArticleChild and adolescent psychiatry and mental health2009
Mental health issues in unaccompanied refugee minors.
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58 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- What is the Impact of Placement Type on Educational and Health Outcomes of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors? A Systematic Review of the Evidence.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2018Pooled it
- Gender differences in the mental health of unaccompanied refugee minors in Europe: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2018Pooled it
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy with unaccompanied refugee minors: a case series.BMC psychiatry · 2015Trial
- A systematic review of global mental health service utilisation in young refugees and asylum seekers.BJPsych open · 2026Review
- Narrative analysis of interviews conducted with African unaccompanied refugee minors.Journal of global health · 2025Article
- Mental health, psychological wellbeing, and coping with stress by Ukrainian war refugees staying in Poland.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- "Fox-like. One eye open, one eye closed": child supervision among Syrian refugee mothers in Canada.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Fleeing the war: A socio-ecological perspective on the mental health of internally displaced and refugee children and adolescents living in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
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- Emergency-related inpatient admissions in child and adolescent psychiatry: comparison of clinical characteristics of involuntary and voluntary admissions from a survey in Bavaria, Germany.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- Psychosocial, emotional and behavioral problems, quality of life, and mental health care seeking behaviors among children and adolescents in Jordan: a national school-based survey.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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- Persistence of Emotional Distress in Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Adolescents Primarily From the Northern Triangle of Central America.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Study design: Pathways to Independence - A study of unaccompanied minor refugees settled in a Norwegian city municipality.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2023Article
- Mental health among unaccompanied refugee minors after settling in Norway: A matched cross-sectional study.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2023Article
- Post-traumatic stress disorder in refugee minors in an outpatient care center: prevalence and associated factors.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2023Article
- Trauma-focused treatment for traumatic stress symptoms in unaccompanied refugee minors: a multiple baseline case series.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Unaccompanied foreign minors and mental health: Implementation and evaluation of the RHS-15 screening procedure for unaccompanied foreign minors.Journal of migration and health · 2023Article
- The Development of a Mental Health Program for Unaccompanied Minors in the United States.International journal for the advancement of counseling · 2022Article
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Abstract
Previous studies about unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs) showed that they are a highly vulnerable group who have greater psychiatric morbidity than the general population. This review focuses on mental health issues among URMs. Articles in databases PsycINFO, Medline and PubMed from 1998 to 2008 addressing this topic were reviewed. The literature had a considerable emphasis on the assessment of PTSD symptoms. Results revealed higher levels of PTSD symptoms in comparison to the norm populations and accompanied refugee minors. In several studies, age and female gender predicted or influenced PTSD symptoms. The existing literature only permits limited conclusions on this very hard to reach population. Future research should include the analysis of long-term outcomes, stress management and a more thorough analysis of the whole range of psychopathology. Additionally, the development of culturally sensitive norms and standardized measures for diverse ethnic groups is of great importance.
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