SynthesisJournal of immigrant and minority health2015
A Systematic Review of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Depression Amongst Iraqi Refugees Located in Western Countries.
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55 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 153 citations in OpenAlex.
- Depression and Anxiety Among Arab Individuals in the United States: A Meta-analysis.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2025Pooled it
- Psychological interventions for refugees with depression: a systematic literature review.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder and associated factors among displaced people in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence of common mental health disorders in forcibly displaced populations versus labor migrants by migration phase: A meta-analysis.Journal of affective disorders · 2023Pooled it
- Prevalence of common mental disorders in adult Syrian refugees resettled in high income Western countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- The prevalence of mental illness in refugees and asylum seekers: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2020Pooled it
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- The mental health and wellbeing of first generation migrants: a systematic-narrative review of reviews.Globalization and health · 2016Pooled it
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- Randomized Controlled Trial of a Multilevel Intervention to Address Social Determinants of Refugee Mental Health.American journal of community psychology · 2020Trial
- Mapping war trauma: A machine learning approach to predict mental health impacts in Ukraine.SSM - population health · 2025Article
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- Unveiling the invisible: the power of MENA data in advancing health equity in the United States.Journal of public health policy · 2024Article
- War-Affected South Sudanese in Settings of Preflight, Flight, and Resettlement: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Trauma-Associated Mental Disorders.Global social welfare : research, policy & practice · 2024Article
- Integrative strategies for social inclusion and equity: Enhancing refugee access to higher education in Jordan.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Does country of resettlement influence the risk of labor market marginalization among refugees? A cohort study in Sweden and Norway.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2024Article
- Prevalence of mental disorders and related risk factors in refugees and asylum seekers in Campania.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Intersecting social-ecological vulnerabilities to and lived experiences of sexually transmitted infections among Syrian refugee women in Lebanon: A qualitative study.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Mental illness stigma and associated factors among Arabic-speaking refugee and migrant populations in Australia.International journal of mental health systems · 2023Article
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Abstract
A systematic review of literature reporting prevalence rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression amongst community samples of resettled Iraqi refugees was undertaken. A search of the electronic databases of Medline, PsychINFO, CINAHL, PILOTS, Scopus, and Cochrane, up to November 2013 was conducted. Following the application of the inclusion and exclusion criteria, eight empirical papers were included in the review and analysis. Specifically, six studies reported on PTSD prevalence (total n = 1,912), which ranged from 8 to 37.2 % and seven studies reported on rates of depression (total n = 1,647) noted to be 28.3 to 75 %. The overall interobserver agreement for the methodological quality assessment was good to excellent with a Kappa coefficient of 0.64. Iraqi refugees continue to represent one of the largest groups being resettled worldwide. This systematic review indicates that prevalence of PTSD and depression is high and should be taken into consideration when developing mental health early intervention and treatment services.
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