SynthesisEpidemiology and psychiatric sciences2019
Identifying the critical time points for mental health of asylum seekers and refugees in high-income countries.
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- Trajectories of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and risk-protective factors in recently resettled refugees in the United States.The International journal of social psychiatry · 2025Trial
- Long-term effectiveness of Self-Help Plus in refugees and asylum seekers resettled in Western Europe: 12-month outcomes of a randomised controlled trial.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2022Trial
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- A Digital Psychosocial Service (Sui App) for Arabic-Speaking Refugees in Switzerland: Development and Cultural-Contextual Adaptation Using a User-Centered and Participatory Approach.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- A different lens on diagnosis: value of the CFI in asylum seekers' psychiatric diagnostic assessment.BJPsych open · 2025Article
- Gender inequality in immigrants' mental health: The legal status gradient.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Article
- Exploring mental health literacy among youths with background as asylum-seekers and refugees: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- Prevalence and associated factors for poor mental health among young migrants in Sweden: a cross-sectional study.Global health action · 2024Article
- Psychological stress, cardiovascular disease and somatic pain in asylum seekers: a retrospective cross-sectional study.Nature. Mental health · 2024Article
- Association of pre-migration socioeconomic status and post-migration mental health in Syrian refugees in Lebanon: a descriptive sex-stratified cross-sectional analysis.Global health research and policy · 2024Article
- Addressing the mental health needs of older adult refugees: Perspectives of multi-sector community key informants.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2023Article
- Unlocking asylum seekers' voices: protocol of a mixed-method clinical study on the use of the cultural formulation interview with asylum seekers in Belgium.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Mental health professionals' perspective on a brief transdiagnostic psychological intervention for Afghan asylum seekers and refugees.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2022Article
- A network meta-analysis of psychosocial interventions for refugees and asylum seekers with PTSD.BMJ global health · 2021Article
- Can Circumstances Be Softened? Self-Efficacy, Post-Migratory Stressors, and Mental Health among Refugees.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- A combination sampling approach for epidemiologic research in humanitarian settings: a case analysis of a study of depressive disorder prevalence among refugees in Greece.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Refugee Mental Health, Global Health Policy, and the Syrian Crisis.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Association of traumatic events with levels of psychological distress and depressive symptoms in male asylum seekers and refugees resettled in Italy.BMC psychiatry · 2020Article
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Abstract
aimsHigh heterogeneity was found in the prevalence rates of mental disorders in adult asylum seekers and refugees in high-income countries. This may be related to different problems. Among them, there is a changing exposure to risk and protective factors for mental health at different phases of these people's life before migration, and during the migratory journey and resettlement. This study aimed at identifying and distinguishing time points in which distinct risk and protective factors for the mental health of asylum seekers and refugees may occur.
methodsSystematic review and narrative synthesis. A systematic search was carried out for the period January 2017-August 2019, given the existence of systematic reviews of the evidence up to January 2017.
resultsTwo hundred and fifty-two studies were identified with our search and 31 studies were included. The critical time points identified are: (a) before the travel; (b) during the travel; (c) at initial settlement in the host country; (d) when attempting to integrate in the host country; (e) when the immigration status is challenged or revoked. Some factors such as sense of belonging in the host country can be risk factors or protective factors depending on the time point.
conclusionsThese five critical time points can guide the development and selection of well-timed preventive and treatment interventions. They could also be used to stratify samples in epidemiological studies and meta-analyses. At present, we know much more on risk factors than on protective factors. Knowing more about protective factors may inform the development of interventions to foster them.
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