ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019
Mental Health of Refugees and Torture Survivors: A Critical Review of Prevalence, Predictors, and Integrated Care.
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- A post-traumatic stress disorder among internally displaced people in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- LGBTQI + Migrants: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework of Health, Safety and Wellbeing during Migration.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Integral definition and conceptual model of mental health: Proposal from a systematic review of different paradigms.Frontiers in sociology · 2022Pooled it
- Music therapy was noninferior to verbal standard treatment of traumatized refugees in mental health care: Results from a randomized clinical trial.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2021Trial
- Mental Health and Wellbeing of Rohingya Refugees: A Scoping Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Review
- Behavioral health needs of newcomer patients in a pediatric emergency department.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
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- Mental health as a non-communicable disease among refugees, asylum seekers, and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection: A scoping review.Journal of migration and health · 2026Review
- Wounds beyond bars: reflecting on the urgent need for psychological support and interventions in the aftermath of Syria's regime collapse.BJPsych international · 2025Review
- Refugees who are survivors of torture.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2025Article
- Predictors of risk and resilience to psychopathology in refugee youth: A longitudinal study.Development and psychopathology · 2025Article
- Enhancing surgical care for torture survivors: healing trauma, promoting recovery, and advancing best practices.BMC surgery · 2025Review
- Upholding the Right to Health in Contexts of Displacement: A Whole-of-Route Policy Analysis in South Africa, Kenya, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- What happened matters: Trauma type and cumulative trauma exposure in refugee youth psychopathology.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2025Article
- "After torture, everything changed": the unpacking of trauma from torture with interpretative phenomenological analysis and Merleau-Ponty's theory of the lived body.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Stabilization interventions in the treatment of traumatized refugees: A scoping review.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Review
- Does Trauma Change the Way Individuals with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Deal with Positive Stimuli?Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Civilian war trauma and torture rank among the most traumatic life experiences; exposure to such experiences is pervasive in nations experiencing both internal and external conflict. This has led to a high volume of refugees resettling throughout the world with mental health needs that primary care physicians may not be screening for and prepared to effectively address. In this article, we review the literature on demographics, predictors, mental health outcomes of torture, and integrated care for the mental health needs of refugees. We searched PubMed and PSYCINFO databases for original research articles on refugees and mental health published in the English language between 2010 and present. Nine percent of 720 adults in conflict areas in Nepal, with predominance of literate married males, met the threshold for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), 27.5% for depression, and 22.9% for anxiety. While, PTSD rate has been documented as high as 88.3% among torture survivors from Middle East (ME), Central Africa (CA), South Asia (SA), Southeast Europe (SE). Depression was recorded as high as 94.7% among 131 African torture survivors and anxiety as high as 91% among 55 South African torture survivors. Torture severity, post-migration difficulties, and wait time to receive clinical services were significantly associated with higher rate of mental health symptoms. Mental health screening is not a standard component of initial physical exams for refugees, yet these individuals have had high trauma exposure that should inform clinical care. Integrated care models are lacking but would greatly benefit this community to prevent progression to greater severity of mental health symptoms.
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