A first assessment of the needs of young refugees arriving in Europe: what mental health professionals need to know

Hebebrand, Johannes; Anagnostopoulos, Dimitrios; Eliez, Stéphan; Linse, Henk; Pejovic-Milovancevic, Milica; Klasen, Henrikje

doi:10.1007/s00787-015-0807-0

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“…The mass influx from Syria to Turkey began in 2011 and has since then increased substantially. As of October 2017, there were 3,451,383 Syrians under temporary protection status (1,603,709 between 0 and 18 years). In 2016, 31,523 Iraqis and 21,445 Afghanis registered for international protection status.…”

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Refugees in Europe: national overviews from key countries with a special focus on child and adolescent mental health

Hodes

Vasquez²,

Anagnostopoulos

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Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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Many European countries are becoming multicultural at a previously unseen rate. The number of immigrants including refugees has considerably increased since 2008, and especially after the beginning of the war in Syria. In 2015, 88,300 unaccompanied minors sought asylum in the Member States of the European Union (EU) and most came from Syria, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Somalia and Eritrea. As a reaction to increased immigration, governments in many countries including Germany, Sweden and Norway implemented more restrictive immigration policy. A requirement for all countries, however, is the protection and welfare provision for all arriving children, regardless of their nationality, ensured by international and national legal frameworks. This paper provides an overview of the post 2015 immigration crisis in key European countries with a special focus on current demographics, refugee children, mental health studies, policies and practical support available for refugees.

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Refugees in Europe: national overviews from key countries with a special focus on child and adolescent mental health

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“…Among immigrants, children and adolescents are more likely to be exposed to unpleasant complications and psychological traumas. This is because of reasons such as inability or limited ability to meet their physical needs, emotional attachments, physiological and psychological differences, age differences, and lack of having experienced adverse conditions [6,7]. Psychological harms created in children and adolescents relate both to pre-migration conditions, as well as conditions resulting from the time of migration and afterwards.…”

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Review Paper: Mental Health Challenges in Immigrant and Refugee Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

Keykaleh

Jahangiri

Tabatabaie

2017

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Background:Half of the world's refugees comprise children and adolescents. Confronting conflicts and difficulties before, during, and after migration and seeking asylum affect their mental health. The present study aimed at investigating the challenges of mental health of migrant and refugee adolescents and children. Materials and Methods:A systematic review was conducted in the second half of 2016 using PubMed, Scopus, Magiran, SID, and Google Scholar databases. From the 2014 studies initially selected, 20 articles that specifically attended to examining the mental health of migrant and refugee adolescents and children were finally extracted. Results:According to previous studies, the refugee adolescents and children encounter much harm. In addition to psychological disorders such as depression, anxiety, post-trauma stress disorder and psychosomatic pains, this group of refugees also suffers from a decline in flexibility and behavioral and cognitive functions. These conditions have been reported more often in refugee adolescents and children who have been separated from their parents or left far away from them. Conclusion:Before a crisis occurs, policymakers and planners should formulate and implement educational programs along with the participation of parents and teachers in order for children to cope with conditions of disasters, and in order to promote the culture of resilience. The health system, while developing special care programs must prioritize the training of its employees in order to provide services. Most studies have attended to the incidence of symptoms of refugees' psychological disorders, while it seems necessary to conduct intervention studies with the aim of identifying elements of risk and ways to resolve these elements.

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“…Then there are times when one is reminded of the broader concern for the mental health of children and adolescents across the globe. The current plight of refugees in Europe reminds us of this [3]. Reading the current issue of the journal ECAP emphasises that point.…”

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Editorial: what are the concerns of a European child and adolescent psychiatrist?

Ramchandani

2016

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A first assessment of the needs of young refugees arriving in Europe: what mental health professionals need to know

Cited by 153 publications

References 20 publications

Refugees in Europe: national overviews from key countries with a special focus on child and adolescent mental health

Refugees in Europe: national overviews from key countries with a special focus on child and adolescent mental health

Review Paper: Mental Health Challenges in Immigrant and Refugee Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

Editorial: what are the concerns of a European child and adolescent psychiatrist?

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