ArticleGlobal mental health (Cambridge, England)2024
Mental healthcare access among resettled Syrian refugees in Leipzig, Germany.
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- Towards the development of actionable recommendations for improving mental healthcare access for migrants: a qualitative study in Munich, Germany.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Mental health trajectories and family functioning among Syrian refugees in Switzerland: A five-year longitudinal study.Journal of migration and health · 2026Article
- Does country of residence matter? A cross-sectional comparison of PTSD and depression among traumatized, treatment-seeking Syrians residing in Syria and Syrian refugees in Germany and Turkey.Journal of migration and health · 2026Article
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Abstract
Our aim was to examine mental health needs and access to mental healthcare services among Syrian refugees in the city of Leipzig, Germany. We conducted a cross-sectional survey with Syrian refugee adults in Leipzig, Germany in 2021/2022. Outcomes included PTSD (PCL-5), depression (PHQ-9), anxiety (GAD-7) and somatic symptom (SSS-8). Descriptive, regression and effect modification analyses assessed associations between selected predictor variables and mental health service access. The sampling strategy means findings are applicable only to Syrian refugees in Leipzig. Of the 513 respondents, 18.3% had moderate/severe anxiety symptoms, 28.7% had moderate/severe depression symptoms, and 25.3% had PTSD symptoms. A total of 52.8% reported past year mental health problems, and 48.9% of those participants sought care for these problems. The most common reasons for not accessing mental healthcare services were wanting to handle the problem themselves and uncertainty about where to access services. Adjusted Poisson regression models (
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