SynthesisClinical child and family psychology review2016
Knowledge of the Unknown Child: A Systematic Review of the Elements of the Best Interests of the Child Assessment for Recently Arrived Refugee Children.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Parenting in Times of War: A Meta-Analysis and Qualitative Synthesis of War Exposure, Parenting, and Child Adjustment.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2021Pooled it
- Finding Keys: A Systematic Review of Barriers and Facilitators for Refugee Children's Disclosure of Their Life Stories.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2020Pooled it
- Prevalence of mental disorders in young refugees and asylum seekers in European Countries: a systematic review.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2019Pooled it
- Mental health problems, traumatic experiences and subjective treatment goals of treatment-seeking refugee minors.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Interviewing Asylum-Seeking Children: A Scoping Review of Research to Inform Best Practices.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2024Article
- Psychiatric symptoms and the association with parents' psychiatric symptoms among recently arrived asylum-seeking children in Finland.Child psychiatry and human development · 2023Article
- Post-traumatic stress disorder in refugee minors in an outpatient care center: prevalence and associated factors.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2023Article
- The Best Interests of the Child from Different Cultural Perspectives: Factors Influencing Judgements of the Quality of Child-Rearing Environment and Construct Validity of theChild indicators research · 2019Article
- Unaccompanied Children at the United States Border, a Human Rights Crisis that can be Addressed with Policy Change.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2018Review
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Abstract
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 recently arrived refugee children in the host country. This research is based on the General Comment No. 14 of UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. It shows the importance of knowing the type and number of stressful life events a refugee child has experienced before arrival, as well as the duration and severity of these events. The most common mental health problems children face upon arrival in the host country are PTSD, depression and various anxiety disorders. The results identify the relevant elements of the best interests of the child assessment, including implications for procedural safeguards, which should promote a child rights-based decision in the asylum procedure.
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