SynthesisEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2022
A systematic review of risk and protective factors of mental health in unaccompanied minor refugees.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The efficacy of psychological prevention, and health promotion interventions targeting psychological health, wellbeing or resilience among forced migrant children and youth: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review of studies on resilience and risk and protective factors for health among refugee children in Nordic countries.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Mental Health Is a Family Affair-Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Associations between Mental Health Problems in Parents and Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- 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
- Culturally sensitive stepped care for adolescent refugees: efficacy and cost-utility of a multicentric randomized controlled trial.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Trial
- The effect of dance movement therapy on traumatized refugee women - a clinical controlled trial.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2026Article
- Protective factors of mental health in a premature population: a 14-year exploratory study across developmental stages.Translational pediatrics · 2026Article
- Mental health problems, traumatic experiences and subjective treatment goals of treatment-seeking refugee minors.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Health-Related Quality of Life Among Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Settled in a Norwegian Municipality.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2025Article
- Trajectories of mental health problems in unaccompanied young refugees in Germany and the impact of post-migration factors - a longitudinal study.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- Investigating factors influencing utilization of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy among unaccompanied young refugees: an exploratory analysis.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- Fleeing the war: A socio-ecological perspective on the mental health of internally displaced and refugee children and adolescents living in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
- Trauma focused-cognitive behavioral therapy training effectiveness in promoting professional development of psychotherapists working with unaccompanied minors in Greece: a non-blinded randomized control trial.Research in psychotherapy (Milano) · 2024Article
- Protective factors associated with resilience among unaccompanied refugee minors after settling in Norway: a matched cross-sectional study.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- Developing a Collaborative Approach to Support Access and Acceptability of Mental Health Care for Refugee Youth: An Exploratory Case Study with Young Afghan Refugees.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Refugees' integration and emotional distress over the course of 9 months.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Experiences and needs of unaccompanied irregular migrant minors who arrive in Spain on small boats: A qualitative study.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
- Prevalences of mental distress and its associated factors in unaccompanied refugee minors in Germany.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2023Article
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- Psychotherapeutic and Psychosocial Interventions with Unaccompanied Minors: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
In recent years, there has been a rising interest in the mental health of unaccompanied minor refugees (UMR), who are a high-risk group for mental disorders. Especially the investigation of predictive factors of the mental health of young refugees has received increasing attention. However, there has been no review on this current issue for the specific group of UMR so far. We aimed to summarize and evaluate the existing findings of specific risk and protective factors to identify the most verified influences on the mental health of UMR. Therefore, we conducted a systematic literature search. Study designs were limited to quantitative cross-sectional and longitudinal designs. Eight databases were searched in four different languages and article reference lists of relevant papers were screened. 27 studies were included (N = 4753). Qualitative synthesis revealed the number of stressful life events to be the most evaluated and verified risk factor for mental health of UMR. A stable environment and social support, on the other hand, can protect UMR from developing poor mental health. Besides that, several other influencing factors could be pointed out, such as type of accommodation, family contact, gender and cultural competences. Because of the large heterogeneity of outcome measures, quantitative synthesis was not possible. This review helps to improve our understanding of determinants of UMRs mental health and thus to provide more targeted treatment. Furthermore, it provides information on how to prevent the development of mental health problems by specifying factors that can be modified by different health and immigration sectors in advance. Further research is needed focusing on the interaction between the various predictive factors.
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