The mental health needs of refugee children: A review of literature and implications for nurse practitioners

Crowley, Caitlin

doi:10.1111/j.1745-7599.2009.00413.x

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“…A participação escolar, a proficiência na linguagem e o nível educacional da mãe são preditores de menos problemas psicológicos a longo prazo. As crianças refugiadas, colocadas num sistema escolar desconhecido ficam numa situação difícil onde são forçadas a lidar com duas culturas: a cultura nativa e a cultura do seu novo país de acolhimento (Crowley, 2009). Especialmente nas crianças do ensino médio e adolescentes, as tensões associadas com a adaptação à escola podem ser agravadas pela discriminação por parte de outros alunos ou dos professores, problemas com a aquisição da linguagem, sentimentos de inadequação e as tensões que rodeiam amizades e namoro.…”

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“…Especialmente nas crianças do ensino médio e adolescentes, as tensões associadas com a adaptação à escola podem ser agravadas pela discriminação por parte de outros alunos ou dos professores, problemas com a aquisição da linguagem, sentimentos de inadequação e as tensões que rodeiam amizades e namoro. Estas tensões podem colocar os alunos do ensino médio adolescentes num risco particularmente elevado de má-adaptação escolar durante a fase de pós migração (Crowley, 2009).…”

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“…Os profissionais de saúde devem ter consciência das questões específicas enfrentadas por estes jovens por forma a otimizarem as possibilidades de uma vida bemsucedida no país de acolhimento (Hiranin, Payne, Mutch, & Cherian, 2015). Espera-se frequentemente das crianças que funcionem como elo de ligação cultural com os pais, até porque adquirem competências linguísticas muito mais rapidamente, no entanto esquece-se que esta inversão de papéis e a melhor aculturação dos jovens refugiados pode ser uma fonte de stresse significativo no seio da família (Crowley, 2009).…”

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Refugees and Mental Health - Hosting, Understand and Treat

Antunes¹

2017

Psic., Saúde & Doenças

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RESUMO: O número de refugiados no mundo não tem parado de aumentar nos últimos anos. Os refugiados diferem dos outros migrantes por terem sido forçados a deixar os seus países e a eles estarem impedidos de regressar, gozando por essa razão de um estatuto garantido pelo Direito Internacional. A estes juntam-se ainda pessoas que enfrentam riscos similares mas para as quais ainda não foi apurado o seu estatuto. São populações que apresentam uma maior prevalência de problemas de Saúde Mental e que devem ter um tratamento especial. Fez-se uma pesquisa na literatura biomédica, das revisões sistemáticas publicada nos últimos dez anos, sobre Saúde Mental em Refugiados concluindo-se que estes apresentam particularidades especiais que devem ser tidas em conta pelos profissionais e serviços de saúde em termos de prevenção primária, secundária e terciária. Discutem-se questões como a barreira da língua, as diferenças culturais e o papel dos tradutores e mediadores culturais, a organização dos serviços, a intervenção em grupos especialmente vulneráveis como são as crianças, as mulheres, as grávidas e os idosos e abordam-se os problemas mais prevalentes resultantes da exposição ao trauma que assumem nos refugiados particularidades muito específicas. Palavras-Chave: Refugiados, Saúde Mental, Trauma, Revisão ______________________________________________________________________ REFUGEES AND MENTAL HEALTH -HOSTING, UNDERSTAND AND TREAT ABSTRACT:The number of refugees in the world has not stopped increasing in recent years. The refugees differ from other migrants because they were forced to leave their countries and they are prevented from returning, benefiting therefore, from a status guaranteed by international law. To these must be added people who face similar risks but whose status has not be yet been determined. These are populations with a higher prevalence of mental health problems and should have a special treatment. Research in biomedical literature available, systematic reviews published in the last ten years on refugee's mental health led to conclude that these have special characteristics that must be taken into account by professionals and health services in terms of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Issues addressed include language barriers, cultural differences and the role of translators and cultural mediators, the organization of the services, the intervention in particularly vulnerable groups such as children, women especially pregnant women and the elderly. Discussed are also the most prevalent  Rua Professor Vitorino Nemésio nº 135 7º Dto, 2765-362 Estoril.

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Refugees and Mental Health - Hosting, Understand and Treat

Antunes¹

2017

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“…There have been a large number of recent reviews of research concerning the mental health of child refugees including those by Rousseau ( 1995 ) , Keyes ( 2000 ) , Lustig et al ( 2004 ) , Fazel, Wheeler, andDanesh ( 2005 ) , , Crowley ( 2009 ) and Montgomery ( 2011 ) . These conclude that, as a group, child refugees show elevated levels of emotional and behavioural problems.…”

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Handbook of Resilience in Children of War

Fernando¹,

Ferrari²

2013

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“…In Norway, the general discourse on day care for migrant children is centered on two main concerns, namely majority language acquisition and overall integration into mainstream society Kunnskapsdepartementet, , 2010. A significant body of research exists, generally conducted within disciplines of clinical psychology and psychiatrics (Archambault, 2011), focusing on (Crowley, 2009;Lustig et al, 2004;Thomas & Lau, 2002) research tends to concentrate on childre lives in their new host countries early childhood settings.…”

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‘Do you want this?’ Exploring newcomer migrant girls’ peer reception in Norwegian day care: Experiences with social exclusion through the exchange of self-made artefacts

Kalkman

Hopperstad

Valenta

2017

Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood

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SummaryNorway s population was in April 2016 estimated to be 5 223 300 persons (SSB, 2016b). The Norwegian Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDI), estimated that in 2015, 13% of the entire Norwegian population were people with a migration background (IMDI, 2016); many of these being preschool aged children. With 90.4% of all children between the ages of 1 and 5 participating in day care (SSB, 2016a); many migrant children are represented among the day care population. Even though the body of research in relation to diasporic, migrant and mobile childhoods is growing, there are reasons to be critical as much of it fails to capture the situated and contextualised nature of newcomer migrant children s negotiations of identity, home and belonging .In Norway, early childhood day care is promoted as one of the best integrational arenas in which migrant children (including those seeking asylum and refugees) can receive early intervention aimed at easing their transition into future school and society. However, with an intervention focus on future integration, entering an ethnic and culturally diverse early childhood environment, such as day care, can be cha llenging for many reasons. Accessing peer group interaction, whether play or other forms of social interaction, and becoming socially included, presupposes competencies that exceed the basic linguistic ability of saying hello .At an overall level, this thesis positions itself within the tradition of social work, addressing day care as an integrational and environment for newcomer migrant girls. The research approach is anchored within the interpretivist/constructionist research paradigm and in line with the underlying principles of the sociology of childhood. The theoretical background draws on but is not limited to sociology, cultu ral studies and social With particular interest on how, in everyday life, newcomer children s personal problems are interlaced with structural issues , the thesis highlights the complexity of in particular ii these two girls everyday social struggles, adapting to a highly dynamic and evolving environment. This thesis reveals the girls as being active participants in their multilayered and complex transition s characterised by continuous negotiations of identity, home and belonging.The overarching aim of this thesis is to contribute to the early childhood migration discourse, using its findings as a means to strengthen the care environment for newcomer migrant children and building respect for childhood diversity. Through detailed qualitative analysis of small sample sizes of selected empirical data, the data are used to illustrate aspects of the two newcomer girls everyday worlds. The four articles written for and presented within the thesis address the intersection between what facilitated the girls integration and inclusion in everyday social reality by highlighting how equal opportunities for integration and inclusion depended on not only the girls ability to negotiate identity, home and belonging with both peers and practiti...

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The mental health needs of refugee children: A review of literature and implications for nurse practitioners

Cited by 44 publications

References 43 publications

Refugees and Mental Health - Hosting, Understand and Treat

Refugees and Mental Health - Hosting, Understand and Treat

Handbook of Resilience in Children of War

‘Do you want this?’ Exploring newcomer migrant girls’ peer reception in Norwegian day care: Experiences with social exclusion through the exchange of self-made artefacts

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