SynthesisJournal of immigrant and minority health2021
A Full Systematic Review on the Effects of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Mental Health Symptoms in Child Refugees.
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- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Mental Health of Immigrant Parents.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2025Pooled it
- Examining cognitive behavioral therapy interventions for unaccompanied minors: a systematic review and qualitative research synthesis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Trauma treatment outcomes for PTSD in refugee and asylum-seeking minors with uncertain residence status: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Brief CBT-based psychological interventions to improve mental health outcomes in refugee populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions to enhance psychological resilience in forcibly displaced children: a systematic review.BMJ global health · 2023Pooled it
- Psychological interventions for children with emotional and behavioral difficulties aged 5-12 years: An evidence review.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Review
- Critical life course interventions for children and adolescents to promote mental health.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2023Review
- Feasibility of a randomised trial of Teaching Recovery Techniques (TRT) with refugee youth: results from a pilot of the Swedish UnaccomPanied yOuth Refugee Trial (SUPpORT).Pilot and feasibility studies · 2022Article
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Abstract
Global conflict in 2019 created record numbers of displaced children. These children have experienced multiple traumas and subsequently suffer high levels of mental health symptoms. Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) is commonly used for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and anxiety, however the current evidence-base of CBT in child refugees is sparse, with mixed results. This study aimed to assess the effects of CBT on symptoms of PTSD, depression and anxiety in child refugees/AS. Ethics were reviewed and granted by the University of Manchester ethics committee. Medline, Embase, Cochrane, PsycINFO and CINAHL were systematically searched. Studies were included if CBT was delivered to refugee/AS children with pre and post-intervention measures of symptoms. Sixteen studies fulfilled criteria. In all studies, mental health symptom scores post-intervention had reduced, suggesting an improvement in mental health following CBT. This reduction was statistically significant in twelve studies (p < 0.001-0.5), clinically significant in eight studies and maintained at follow-up periods. No adverse effects of CBT were identified. This is the first systematic review to focus solely on CBT in child refugee populations, with unanimously positive results. Its use is cautiously recommended, however the need for more methodologically rigorous studies in this population is highlighted.
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