Practitioner review: Mental health problems of refugee children and adolescents and their management

M Hodes, P Vostanis - Journal of child psychology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Since 2010, the numbers of refugees have increased and around half are
under 18 years of age. It is known that experience of organised violence, displacement and …

Post-traumatic stress disorder in unaccompanied refugee minors: Prevalence, contributing and protective factors, and effective interventions: A scoping review

C Oberg, H Sharma - Children, 2023 - mdpi.com
In 2021, there were close to 37 million children displaced worldwide. There were 13.7
million refugees and an additional 22.8 million internally displaced. In Europe, this included …

[HTML][HTML] Does emotion regulation in adolescents in residential care mitigate the association between sexual victimization and poor psychological well-being?

O Fernández-García, MD Gil-Llario… - Children and Youth …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Childhood sexual abuse/assault has been linked to mental health problems
that affect an individual's psychological well-being. This study explores the facets of …

Different relations of religion and mental health: Comparing Middle Eastern Muslim refugee and immigrant adolescents.

U El-Awad, A Fathi, A Lohaus… - European Journal of …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Background: Religiosity can foster mental health after traumatic experiences. Yet, religiosity
among Muslim immigrants has also been linked to separation-oriented acculturation, which …

Acculturation orientations and mental health when facing post-migration stress: Differences between unaccompanied and accompanied male Middle Eastern refugee …

ELA Usama, A Fathi, M Vasileva, F Petermann… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective This study examined the mental health of Middle Eastern male unaccompanied
refugee adolescents in Germany in relation to the mental health of accompanied refugee …

A brief introduction to the multidimensional intercultural training acculturation model (MITA) for middle eastern adolescent refugees

A Fathi, U El-Awad, T Reinelt, F Petermann - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
The large number of adolescent refugees around the world constitutes a great challenge for
societies. However, current models of acculturation have been developed for migrants, but …

Refugee children's social–emotional capacities: Links to mental health upon resettlement and buffering effects on pre-migratory adversity

R Speidel, E Galarneau, D Elsayed… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Refugee children who experience severe pre-migratory adversity often show varying levels
of mental health upon resettlement. Thus, it is critical to identify the factors that explain which …

Age and environmental factors predict psychological symptoms in adolescent refugees during the initial post-resettlement phase

DC Hocking, S Sundram - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental …, 2022 - Springer
Background Adolescent refugees are at high risk of developing mental disorders but are
often not recognised early. This pilot study aimed to identify early putative risk factors …

Forced child-family separations in the Southwestern US border under the “zero-tolerance” policy: The adverse impact on well-being of migrant children (part 2)

C Monico, K Rotabi, Y Vissing, J Lee - … of Human Rights and Social Work, 2019 - Springer
The article examines the situation of minors from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras
who have been forcibly separated from their parents at the southwestern US border. It …

[HTML][HTML] Accumulated environmental risk in young refugees–A prospective evaluation

M Begemann, J Seidel, L Poustka, H Ehrenreich - EClinicalMedicine, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Recently, we reported a strong, disease-independent relationship between
accumulated preadult environmental risks and violent aggression later in life. Risk factors …