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ReviewEuropean journal of psychotraumatology2020

Post-migration factors and mental health outcomes in asylum-seeking and refugee populations: a systematic review.

Christina Gleeson, Rachel Frost, Larissa Sherwood, Mark Shevlin, Philip Hyland, Rory Halpin, Jamie Murphy, Derrick Silove

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Review in European journal of psychotraumatology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

105 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Christina GleesonSchool of Psychology, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2895-8240
Rachel FrostSchool of Psychology, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5078-171X
Larissa SherwoodCollaborative Network for Training and Excellence in Psychotraumatology (CONTEXT), Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3559-8116
Mark ShevlinSchool of Psychology, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6262-5223
Philip HylandCollaborative Network for Training and Excellence in Psychotraumatology (CONTEXT), Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9574-7128
Rory HalpinCollaborative Network for Training and Excellence in Psychotraumatology (CONTEXT), Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Jamie MurphySchool of Psychology, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1821-0025
Derrick SiloveSchool of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present systematic review examined post-migration variables impacting upon mental health outcomes among asylum-seeking and refugee populations in Europe. It focuses on the effects of post-settlement stressors (including length of asylum process and duration of stay, residency status and social integration) and their impact upon post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression. Twenty-two studies were reviewed in this study. Length of asylum process and duration of stay was found to be the most frequently cited factor for mental health difficulties in 9 out of 22 studies. Contrary to expectation, residency or legal status was posited as a marker for other explanatory variables, including loneliness, discrimination and communication or language problems, rather than being an explanatory variable itself. However, in line with previous findings and as hypothesised in this review, there were statistically significant correlations found between family life, family separation and mental health outcomes.

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forced migrationmental healthPost-migrationsystematic review

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PMID33312450
PMCPMC7717836

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