ArticleConflict and health2020
Children at risk: A nation-wide, cross-sectional study examining post-traumatic stress symptoms in refugee minors from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan resettled in Sweden between 2014 and 2018.
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- Experiences and needs of unaccompanied irregular migrant minors who arrive in Spain on small boats: A qualitative study.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
- Depression among refugee youth in an outpatient healthcare center-prevalence and associated factors.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Mental health issues of children and young people displaced by conflict: A scoping review.PLOS mental health · 2024Article
- Psychometric properties of the Children's Revised Impact of Event Scale (CRIES-8) among refugee adolescents from Afghanistan, Syria, and Somalia.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Article
- Post-migration stressors, mental health and well-being in resettled refugees from Syria: Do individuals' coping strategies matter?Conflict and health · 2023Article
- Afghan mental health and psychosocial well-being: thematic review of four decades of research and interventions.BJPsych open · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe objective of the present study was to assess nation-wide, representative prevalence estimates for symptom-defined posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) within populations of refugee minors from Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq resettled in Sweden.
methodsA nation-wide, cross-sectional, questionnaire study with a stratified sample of refugee minors, aged 16-18 years, from Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, resettled in Sweden between 2014 and 2018 (
resultsOverall, the weighted PTSD prevalence was 42% (95% CI 38.9-45.1), with minors from Afghanistan presenting the highest prevalence (56.9, 95% CI 51.5-62.2), compared to minors from Iraq (36.8, 95% CI 28.9-45.4) and Syria (33.4, 95% CI 29.4-37.6). Unaccompanied minors from Afghanistan had higher odds of PTSD compared to accompanied minors from Afghanistan (OR = 1.92, 95% CI 1.08-3.40). Gender differences were non-significant.
conclusionsHigh prevalences of symptom-defined PTSD among refugee minors in general and in unaccompanied minors from Afghanistan in particular, were revealed. Findings calls for continued efforts to support this especially vulnerable group.
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