ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2021
Mental Health Outcomes of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors: a Rapid Review of Recent Research.
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- Health Screening and Post-Arrival Services for Refugee Children From Afghanistan.Journal of paediatrics and child health · 2026Article
- Associations between immigration background, adverse childhood experiences, and depressive symptoms in adulthood in immigrants and descendants of immigrants in France: a mediation analysis.Annals of general psychiatry · 2026Article
- Balancing ethical and practical dilemmas: feasibility of a cluster randomised internal pilot trial of Teaching Recovery Techniques with accompanied refugee children in Sweden.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2026Article
- Mental Health Status of North Korean Refugee Adolescents Living in South Korea: A Comparative Study with South Korean Adolescents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Mapping the Intersecting Contexts of Migration and Pediatric Pain over the Last Decade: A Rapid Scoping Review Protocol.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Narrative analysis of interviews conducted with African unaccompanied refugee minors.Journal of global health · 2025Article
- Quality of life in unaccompanied young refugees: the role of traumatic events, post-migration stressors and mental distress.BMC psychiatry · 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
- Mapping Psychosocial Challenges, Mental Health Difficulties, and MHPSS Services for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children in Greece: Insights from Service Providers.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Discriminatory, racist and xenophobic policies and practice against child refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants in European health systems.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2024Review
- Falling on deaf ears: interpreters as cultural brokers in mental healthcare.BJPsych bulletin · 2024Article
- Parental conscription and cumulative adverse experiences in war-affected children and adolescents and their impact on mental health: a comment following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
- Parent-Child Nativity, Race, Ethnicity, and Common Mental Health Conditions Among United States Children and Adolescents.The Journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
- Individually Tailored and Culturally Adapted Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Arabic-Speaking Youths With Mental Health Problems in Sweden: Qualitative Feasibility Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
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- Psychotherapeutic and Psychosocial Interventions with Unaccompanied Minors: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Geographical Disparities and Settlement Factors and Mental Health of Refugees Living in Germany.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- A Qualitative Evaluation of aInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- A conceptual study on the relationship between daily stressors, stressful life events, and mental health in refugees using network analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Trauma-focused treatment for traumatic stress symptoms in unaccompanied refugee minors: a multiple baseline case series.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeTo examine mental health outcomes of unaccompanied refugee minors during global policy shift. Additionally, to consider mental health service delivery and placement type for this group.
methodsA rapid systematic search of research published since 2018 which related to mental health outcomes of unaccompanied refugee minors. Data extracted, risk of bias assessed and outcomes reviewed qualitatively. RESEARCH
findingsWe found 181 papers, of which 14 met inclusion criteria. This review found consistently high levels of PTSD and PTSS among URMs in various contexts. Exposure to trauma, being unaccompanied (compared to accompanied), being female and being older are associated with poor outcomes. Depression and anxiety were consistently high among URMs and associated with discrimination, limited language attainment and daily hassles. High rates of mental illness and symptoms among unaccompanied refugee minors were consistent across national and settlement contexts but the quality of the evidence is variable with significant heterogeneity of assessment. We relate persistence of poor mental health outcomes with problems accessing mental health services and discuss the role of key post-migration factors influencing outcomes-in particular placement type and the use of detention centres.
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