A systematic review of socio-ecological factors contributing to risk and protection of the mental health of refugee children and adolescents

F Scharpf, E Kaltenbach, A Nickerson… - Clinical Psychology …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the past decade, millions of children and adolescents have been forced to flee from
protracted or newly erupted violent conflicts. Forcibly displaced children are particularly …

The health of Arab Americans in the United States: an updated comprehensive literature review

NN Abuelezam, AM El-Sayed, S Galea - Frontiers in public Health, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background: Arab Americans are a historically understudied minority group in the United
States and their health needs and risks have been poorly documented. We aim to provide …

Mental health needs and services for migrants: an overview for primary care providers

C Rousseau, RL Frounfelker - Journal of travel medicine, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background The objective of this article is to present an overview of the burden, spectrum of
diseases and risk factors for mental illness among subgroups of migrants, namely …

Annual Research Review: A multilevel bioecological analysis of factors influencing the mental health and psychosocial well‐being of refugee children

S Arakelyan, A Ager - Journal of Child Psychology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background This paper revisits the themes of an influential 1993 review regarding the
factors shaping the mental health and psychosocial well‐being of refugees to take stock of …

The epidemiology of PTSD and depression in refugee minors who have resettled in developed countries

J Reavell, Q Fazil - Journal of mental health, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background: With an increasing number of refugees migrating across continents, the crisis is
very apparent. Aim: A literature review of patterns, risk factors and effects of post-traumatic …

Culture's influence on stressors, parental socialization, and developmental processes in the mental health of children of immigrants

SY Kim, SJ Schwartz, KM Perreira… - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Children of immigrants represent one in four children in the United States and will represent
one in three children by 2050. Children of Asian and Latino immigrants together represent …

Understanding the role of acculturative stress on refugee youth mental health: A systematic review and ecological approach to assessment and intervention

A d'Abreu, S Castro-Olivo… - School psychology …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
In this article, we conduct a systematic review of the extant literature on the risk and
protective factors that impact the healthy resettlement of refugee children around the world …

Mental wellbeing of students from refugee and migrant backgrounds: The mediating role of resilience

NG Khawaja, O Ibrahim, RD Schweitzer - School Mental Health, 2017 - Springer
An increasing number of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) students from migrant
and refugee backgrounds are enroling in schools in the West. These students are exposed …

Discrimination, marginalization, belonging, and mental health among Somali immigrants in North America.

AK Lincoln, E Cardeli, G Sideridis, C Salhi… - American Journal of …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
In this study, we examined the relationships among discrimination and mental health for
Somali young adults, a group at risk for an unfavorable context of reception, and the way in …

“In the sport I am here”: Therapeutic processes and health effects of sport and exercise on PTSD

C Ley, M Rato Barrio, A Koch - Qualitative health research, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Current evidence suggests positive effects of exercise on posttraumatic stress symptoms;
however, knowledge about how these effects are achieved is limited. Thus, this study aims …