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SynthesisEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2019

Prevalence of mental disorders in young refugees and asylum seekers in European Countries: a systematic review.

Christina Kien, Isolde Sommer, Anna Faustmann, Lacey Gibson, Martha Schneider, Eva Krczal, Robert Jank, Irma Klerings, Monika Szelag, Bernd Kerschner and 2 more

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Synthesis in European child & adolescent psychiatry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 154 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

154 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  8. Cognitive evaluation in unaccompanied refugee children: a systematic review.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2023
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  9. Global prevalence of anxiety and PTSD in immigrants: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Christina KienDepartment for Evidence-based Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Danube-University Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek Strasse 30, 3500, Krems an der Donau, Austria. christina.kien@donau-uni.ac.at.
Isolde SommerDepartment for Evidence-based Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Danube-University Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek Strasse 30, 3500, Krems an der Donau, Austria.
Anna FaustmannDepartment for Migration and Globalization, Danube-University Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek Strasse 30, 3500, Krems an der Donau, Austria.
Lacey GibsonDepartment for Knowledge and Communications Management, Danube-University Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek Strasse 30, 3500, Krems an der Donau, Austria.
Martha SchneiderInstitute of Psychology, University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 3, 8010, Graz, Austria.
Eva KrczalDepartment for Economy and Health, Danube-University Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek Strasse 30, 3500, Krems an der Donau, Austria.
Robert JankDepartment for Psychotherapy and Biopsychosocial Health, Danube University Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek Strasse 30, 3500, Krems an der Donau, Austria.
Irma KleringsDepartment for Evidence-based Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Danube-University Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek Strasse 30, 3500, Krems an der Donau, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6644-9845
Monika SzelagDepartment for Evidence-based Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Danube-University Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek Strasse 30, 3500, Krems an der Donau, Austria.
Bernd KerschnerDepartment for Evidence-based Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Danube-University Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek Strasse 30, 3500, Krems an der Donau, Austria.
Petter BrattströmDepartment for Evidence-based Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Danube-University Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek Strasse 30, 3500, Krems an der Donau, Austria.
Gerald GartlehnerDepartment for Evidence-based Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Danube-University Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek Strasse 30, 3500, Krems an der Donau, Austria.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The European Union member states received about 385,000 asylum applications from children and adolescents below 18 years in 2015, and 398,000 in 2016. The latest political crises and war have led to an upsurge in refugee movements into European countries, giving rise to a re-evaluation of the epidemiology of psychiatric disorders and mental health problems among young refugees and asylum seekers. We systematically searched five electronic databases and reference lists of pertinent review articles. We then screened the results of forward citation tracking of key articles for relevant studies in the field for the period from January 1990 to October 2017. We dually reviewed citations and assessed risk of bias. We reported the results narratively, as meta-analyses were impeded due to high heterogeneity. We included 47 studies covered in 53 articles. Overall, the point prevalence of the investigated psychiatric disorders and mental health problems varied widely among studies (presenting interquartile ranges): for posttraumatic stress disorder between 19.0 and 52.7%, for depression between 10.3 and 32.8%, for anxiety disorders between 8.7 and 31.6%, and for emotional and behavioural problems between 19.8 and 35.0%. The highly heterogeneous evidence base could be improved by international, methodologically comparable studies with sufficiently large sample sizes drawn randomly among specific refugee populations. The prevalence estimates suggest, nevertheless, that specialized mental health care services for the most vulnerable refugee and asylum-seeking populations are needed. REGISTRATION: The systematic review protocol was registered in PROSPERO on October 19th, 2017 with the number: CRD42017080039 and is available from: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=80039.

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AdolescentChildEuropeFemaleHumansMaleMental DisordersPrevalenceRefugeesStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticSurveys and QuestionnairesAccompanied refugee minorsDepressionMental healthPosttraumatic stress disorderSystematic reviewUnaccompanied refugee minors

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PMCPMC6785579

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