ArticleBJPsych open2023
The impact of trauma and daily hardships on the mental health of unaccompanied refugee minors detained in Libya.
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- Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) measurement tools among children and adolescents in the Arab world: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Refugee and asylum seeker child and adolescent mental health: A systematic review of racial, ethnic, and contextual disparities.The American journal of orthopsychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Immigration detention of children: a systematic review and meta-analysis of physical and mental health impacts.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- The impact of immigration detention on children's mental health: systematic review.The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science · 2025Pooled it
- PROTOCOL: The Impact of Long Asylum Application Processing Time on Asylum Seekers and Refugees' Mental Health and Social Functioning: A Systematic Review.Campbell systematic reviews · 2026Review
- Can we protect refugee children from mental health problems?- a scoping review of modifiable factors to inform preventive interventions.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Anxiety among Ukrainian academic staff during wartime.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- A conceptual study on the relationship between daily stressors, stressful life events, and mental health in refugees using network analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Mental health problems in unaccompanied young refugees and the impact of post-flight factors on PTSS, depression and anxiety-A secondary analysis of the Better Care study.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe high trauma load and prevalence of mental distress in unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs) who resettle in Western (European) countries is well documented. However, the lack of studies investigating the potentially most vulnerable population, URMs who are currently on the move in transit countries such as Libya, is alarming.
aimsTo document the mental health of URMs detained in Libya and the possible associations with trauma, flight and daily hardships.
methodIn total
resultsParticipants reported high rates of trauma, especially within Libya itself. Reports of daily hardships in detention ranged between 40 and 95% for basic needs and between 27 and 80% for social needs. Higher social needs were associated with increased anxiety symptoms (
conclusionsThe rates of daily hardships and traumatic events are higher compared with those recorded for URMs living in asylum centres in Europe. The emotional, social and cognitive development of detained URMs is severely threatened in both the short and long term. This paper outlines some of the most detrimental effects of migration policies on URMs transiting through Libya.
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