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ArticleThe Lancet regional health. Western Pacific2022

The mental health of Farsi-Dari speaking asylum-seeking children and parents facing insecure residency in Australia.

Reza Rostami, Ruth Wells, Jila Solaimani, David Berle, Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic, Derrick Silove, Angela Nickerson, Meaghan O'Donnell, Richard Bryant, Alexander McFarlane and 1 more

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Article in The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Visa Status, Physical Activity and Mental Health Among Farsi/Dari Speaking Refugees, Immigrants and Asylum Seekers in Sydney, Australia.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2025
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  6. The mental health effects of changing from insecure to secure visas for refugees.The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Reza RostamiPsychiatry and Mental Health, Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Ruth WellsPsychiatry and Mental Health, Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Jila SolaimaniPsychiatry and Mental Health, Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
David BerleClinical Psychology, Graduate School of Health Disciplines, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
Dusan Hadzi-PavlovicPsychiatry and Mental Health, Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Derrick SilovePsychiatry and Mental Health, Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Angela NickersonSchool of Psychology, Science, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Meaghan O'DonnellPhoenix Australia, Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Richard BryantSchool of Psychology, Science, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Alexander McFarlaneSchool of Psychiatry, Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
Zachary SteelPsychiatry and Mental Health, Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
UNSW Sydney · AUThe University of Adelaide · AUThe University of Melbourne · AUUniversity of Technology Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: This research examined the mental health of a cohort of asylum-seeking children, adolescents and their primary caregiver affected by insecure residency while living in the community, compared to refugees and immigrants. Methods: The project investigated the prevalence of psychosocial problems among Iranian and Afghani asylum seeker, refugee and immigrant children and adolescents, and their caregivers who arrived in Australia from 2010. In total, Findings: Asylum seeker children and adolescents displayed significantly more psychosocial problems compared to those with full refugee protection and immigrant background within the current sample and when benchmarked against a national sample of Farsi-Dari speaking refugee children. Higher parental posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms was associated with poorer child and adolescent psychosocial functioning. This effect was more marked in families with insecure residency. Interpretation: Insecure visa status is associated with higher rates of children's mental health problems and a stronger association with parental PTSD symptoms compared to children with secure residency. This raises important questions about Australia's restrictive immigration policies. Funding: This project was supported by an Australian Rotary Health Research Fund / Mental Health of Young Australians Research Grant and by the Australian Research Council (DP160104378).

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Asylum-seekersChildren and adolescentsImmigrationMental healthRefugeesSocial policy

Identifiers

PMID35935728
PMCPMC9352465
OpenAlexW4288420752

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