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A Review of the Evidence on Mental Health Care for Refugees ...


A Review of the Evidence on Health Status for Refugees Globally

Internally displaced persons and refuges are extremely vulnerable to human rights abuses, especially the absence and denial of mental and physical health care.

Living Conditions and the Mental Health and Well-being of Refugees

Our findings show that an uncertain legal status, separation from family, and living in refugee housing facilities are related to higher levels of distress and ...

The prevalence of mental illness in refugees and asylum seekers

Background Globally, the number of refugees and asylum seekers has reached record highs. Past research in refugee mental health has reported ...

Expanding the evidence: key priorities for research on mental health ...

Refugee mental health care services in most high-income countries consist of lengthy treatments, delivered by scarce and expensive mental health ...

Improving refugee mental health through resilience and research

The dramatic increase in refugees and people who have been displaced by climate-driven natural disasters, as well as by political unrest and ...

Access to mental health care for migrants and refugees must be ...

Yet, for other groups, migration may adversely affect mental health—refugees and migrants may be at an increased risk of anxiety, depression, ...

A systematic review of psychological group interventions for adult ...

Refugees have a higher vulnerability to developing mental illness and lower access to services. Group programmes are often more culturally responsive for ...

The health of refugees and asylum seekers in Europe - Evidence Aid

Many of the refugees and asylum seekers are children, some with respiratory infections. Others suffer from mental trauma related to the conflict ...

Addressing Mental Health Concerns In Refugees | RMHP

Numerous strides could be made in refugee mental health and treatment when funding agencies include these goals in their research priorities.

Mental health of refugees and migrants: risk and protective factors ...

Community support: Evidence shows that being part of a community with a shared background and attending school are associated with lower rates of mental ...

The mental health of asylum seekers and refugees in the UK

Exposure to violence and trauma increases migrants' risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [3][4],​ ​ they are more likely to experience depression [5][6 ...

Refugee youth: A review of mental health counselling issues and ...

A global migration crisis has resulted in unprecedented numbers of refugees coming to Canada and other countries. A third of these refugees are youth, ...

Mental health of migrants with pre-migration exposure to armed ...

We aimed to estimate the prevalence of generalised anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder among migrants exposed to ...

Asylum seeker and refugee mental health

Asylum seeker and refugee mental health ... In 2020, 82 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced. In the same year, the UK received applications for ...

A network meta-analysis of psychosocial interventions for refugees ...

Introduction Refugees and asylum seekers are vulnerable to common mental disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). · Methods Randomised studies ...

Post traumatic stress disorder: evidence review for newly arriving ...

First, general practitioners are the door of entry to health care for immigrants and refugees, who, as a group, underutilize mental health services in Canada.3 ...

Mental Health | UNHCR Integration Handbook

Most studies find that at least one out of three asylum seekers and refugees meet diagnostic criteria for depression, anxiety, and post- ...

Supporting the mental health of refugees - National Elf Service

The findings underline a high prevalence of psychological distress amongst the general refugee population in Germany, and that the presence of ...

Barriers and Access to Mental Health Care - USCRI

Despite the significant needs of refugees and other forcibly displaced population, there are major gaps and barriers in the available mental ...

Common mental disorders in asylum seekers and refugees

The review of Fazel and colleagues (25 studies, 7003 participants) [8], focused on refugees of all age groups resettled in western countries, ...