Mental health needs among Cambodian refugees in Utah

Blair, Robert G.

doi:10.1177/002087280104400204

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“…All 14 of the studies were peer reviewed papers: 11 quantitative [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] and three qualitative [25,36,37]. Eight studies included participation from refugees [25,26,[30][31][32][33][34][35], three from asylum seekers [28,29,36], and one included both refugees and asylum seekers [27]. Two studies [34,36] sampled both refugees/asylum seekers and service providers, while two studies [10,37] involved service providers only.…”

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Psychological trauma and access to primary healthcare for people from refugee and asylum-seeker backgrounds: a mixed methods systematic review

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Ziersch

2020

Int J Ment Health Syst

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Background Several reviews have found that psychological trauma affects access to health care services, including mental health care, in the general population. People from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds are more likely to have a mental illness than the general population, and experience a broad range of barriers and facilitators to service access. However, to date there has been no comprehensive consideration of the potential effect of psychological trauma on access to primary health care within this population. Methods This paper provides a mixed-methods systematic review of literature which included any consideration of the relationship between psychological trauma and access to primary health care. A systematic search of Medline, PsychInfo, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, CINAHL and Cochrane Library was conducted. Study eligibility criteria were empirical, peer-reviewed studies that considered the relationship between psychological trauma and access to, or use of, primary healthcare in resettlement countries for refugees (including asylum seekers). Papers were required to be written in English and published between 1998 and August 2019. Quality was assessed using the Multi-Methods Appraisal Tool. The search identified a total of 14 eligible studies (11 quantitative and 3 qualitative) which had explored this relationship in refugee and asylum seeker populations. Results Overall, synthesis of findings indicated variable results with respect to the impact of psychological trauma on service access. Specifically, the review found that while rates of psychological trauma were high. Key themes were that while general health care access was comparable or greater than the general population, rates of mental healthcare specifically were low. In addition, included papers identified a range of barriers to service access—particularly somatisation, stigma and healthcare provide knowledge about psychological trauma. Conclusions While there is a critical need for more research in this area, the study points to several key recommendations including training of general practitioners in relation to psychological trauma, ensuring culturally responsive services, and the use of interpreters. Finally, due to the levels of somatisation found in some studies, ensuring general practitioners understand the somatic element of psychological trauma—particularly within some groups of people from refugee backgrounds—is important.

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Psychological trauma and access to primary healthcare for people from refugee and asylum-seeker backgrounds: a mixed methods systematic review

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2020

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“…In addition, it is possible that, because refugees also share in the trauma of the immigration, particularly a relatively nonvoluntary one versus voluntary one, their experiences might also be influenced by some of the issues faced by their counterparts from other nations, such as Southeast Asian (Blair, 2000(Blair, , 2001Chung, Bemak, & Wong, 2000), Senegalese (Tang & Fox, 2001), and Bosnian immigrant refugees. Finally, the overall symptomology reported by Iraqi immigrant refugees are likely to be affected by the discrimination suffered by that group (Nassar-McMillan, 2003a,b;Nassar-McMillan & HakimLarson, 2003).…”

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Iraqi Gulf War Veteran Refugees in the U.S.

Jamil

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Salman

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Social Work in Health Care

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Veterans of the Gulf War present various symptoms and maladies. Reports by governmental and private entities have yielded mixed results and have been fraught with criticisms of biased research design. The vast majority of these studies have focused on U.S. veterans, with a much smaller number focusing upon British veterans. Very few have examined Iraqi Gulf War veterans. Our study involves administering a health issues questionnaire to a sample of Iraqi Gulf War veteran refugees in the U.S. Results indicate relationships between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) scores and health outcome measures of chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, functional status, quality of life, and health care utilization in terms of frequency and level of intensity. Implications for further inquiry are presented.

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“…Third, in order to create and maintain peaceful societies we need to understand the causes of conflict and prevent the recreation of conflict (Cairns & Darby, 1998). Understanding of these issues informs services within the conflicted country (e.g., Dodge, 1990; Kuterovac et al, 1994), those involved in provision of services to refugees, (e.g., Blair, 2001; Sack, Him, & Dickason, 1999) as well as policy makers and diplomats trying to negotiate peaceful solutions (Cairns, 1994).…”

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Children of the Troubles: The Impact of Political Violence in Northern Ireland

Muldoon

2004

Journal of Social Issues

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This article explores the effects of political violence on children and young people in Northern Ireland. The article begins with a brief historical account of the Northern Irish conflict and the recently negotiated Belfast Good Friday Agreement of 1998. This account illustrates, as is the case with many conflicts, its basis is religious, national, economic, and political, despite its frequent construction as a battle between Protestant and Roman Catholic. The article goes on to review young peoples' experience of conflict in Northern Ireland and the impact of conflict experiences on three related areas of young people's lives. These include the effects of the conflict on everyday aspects of life, social identity, and mental health.Ethno-political conflict is now considered one of the most important threats to global security (Large, 1997;Mccgwire, 2002). Violent inter-group conflict represents a difficult and intractable problem in many regions of the world. Over the final decades of the 20th Century intra-state conflict (rather than inter-state conflict or war) became an increasingly common problem. The United Nations Development Programme recorded only three wars between states in the period between 1989 and 1992, while documenting 79 instances of intra-state conflicts over the same period, many of which had been underway for a decade or more (Large, 1997).These types of conflicts differ from traditional warfare in a number of ways. The costs of such conflicts tend to be borne by civilians, rather than military personnel. In World War I, 10% of all fatalities were civilians. In World War II, civilians were estimated to comprise 50% of casualties. During subsequent conflict civilian casualties have represented upwards of 80% of all casualties, many of whom are

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Mental health needs among Cambodian refugees in Utah

Cited by 23 publications

References 21 publications

Psychological trauma and access to primary healthcare for people from refugee and asylum-seeker backgrounds: a mixed methods systematic review

Psychological trauma and access to primary healthcare for people from refugee and asylum-seeker backgrounds: a mixed methods systematic review

Iraqi Gulf War Veteran Refugees in the U.S.

Children of the Troubles: The Impact of Political Violence in Northern Ireland

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