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ArticleWorld psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)2017

The contemporary refugee crisis: an overview of mental health challenges.

Derrick Silove, Peter Ventevogel, Susan Rees

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Article in World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 241 papers, 16 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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241citing papers in PubMed, 16 pooled it
90.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

241 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 744 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Derrick SiloveSchool of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, and Psychiatry Research and Teaching Unit, Academic Mental Health Centre, Southwestern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia.
Peter VentevogelPublic Health Section, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, Switzerland.
Susan ReesSchool of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, and Psychiatry Research and Teaching Unit, Academic Mental Health Centre, Southwestern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia.
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees · CHSydney Local Health District · AUUNSW Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There has been an unprecedented upsurge in the number of refugees worldwide, the majority being located in low-income countries with limited resources in mental health care. This paper considers contemporary issues in the refugee mental health field, including developments in research, conceptual models, social and psychological interventions, and policy. Prevalence data yielded by cross-sectional epidemiological studies do not allow a clear distinction to be made between situational forms of distress and frank mental disorder, a shortcoming that may be addressed by longitudinal studies. An evolving ecological model of research focuses on the dynamic inter-relationship of past traumatic experiences, ongoing daily stressors and the background disruptions of core psychosocial systems, the scope extending beyond the individual to the conjugal couple and the family. Although brief, structured psychotherapies administered by lay counsellors have been shown to be effective in the short term for a range of traumatic stress responses, questions remain whether these interventions can be sustained in low-resource settings and whether they meet the needs of complex cases. In the ideal circumstance, a comprehensive array of programs should be provided, including social and psychotherapeutic interventions, generic mental health services, rehabilitation, and special programs for vulnerable groups. Sustainability of services, ensuring best practice, evidence-based approaches, and promoting equity of access must remain the goals of future developments, a daunting challenge given that most refugees reside in settings where skills and resources in mental health care are in shortest supply.

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asylum seekersbrief psychotherapydepressiondisplacementecological modelsmental healthpost-traumatic stress disorderRefugeessocial interventionsstresstrauma

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PMID28498581
PMCPMC5428192
OpenAlexW2613172870

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