The psychological consequences of pre-emigration trauma and post-migration stress in refugees and immigrants from Africa

JL Steel, AC Dunlavy, CE Harding… - Journal of immigrant and …, 2017 - Springer
Over 50 million people have been displaced, some as a result of conflict, which exposure
can lead to psychiatric sequelae. The aims of this study were to provide estimates of pre …

Major depressive disorder prevalence and risk factors among Syrian asylum seekers in Greece

DN Poole, B Hedt-Gauthier, S Liao, NA Raymond… - BMC public health, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Over one million Syrian asylum seekers have travelled to Greece with
the ultimate aim of reaching other countries in western Europe. Depression prevalence and …

Mental disorders among Somali refugees: developing culturally appropriate measures and assessing socio-cultural risk factors

K Bhui, T Craig, S Mohamud, N Warfa… - Social psychiatry and …, 2006 - Springer
Background There are few mental health data for Somali people. This is due to the absence
of culturally validated appropriate assessment instruments and methodological challenges …

Psychological distress among refugees in Germany: a cross-sectional analysis of individual and contextual risk factors and potential consequences for integration …

L Walther, H Kröger, AN Tibubos, TMT Ta… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Responding to the mental health needs of refugees remains a pressing
challenge worldwide. We estimated the prevalence of psychological distress in a large …

Gender differences in factors associated with psychological distress among immigrants from low-and middle-income countries: Findings from the Oslo Health Study

SB Thapa, E Hauff - Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 2005 - Springer
Objective Despite the high rate of migration from low-and middle-income countries to high-
income countries, there is still a lack of comprehensive studies of gender-specific differences …

Posttraumatic stress and depression among Syrian refugees living in Turkey: findings from an urban sample

E Kaya, C Kiliç, ÖK Çaman, S Üner - The Journal of nervous and …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Although most of the 3.6 million Syrian refugees in Turkey live outside refugee camps, most
mental health research is on camp residents and few are on those living in cities. We aimed …

Mental health needs and services for migrants: an overview for primary care providers

C Rousseau, RL Frounfelker - Journal of travel medicine, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background The objective of this article is to present an overview of the burden, spectrum of
diseases and risk factors for mental illness among subgroups of migrants, namely …

Physical and mental health status of Iraqi refugees resettled in the United States

EM Taylor, EA Yanni, C Pezzi, M Guterbock… - Journal of immigrant and …, 2014 - Springer
We conducted a survey among Iraqi refugees resettled in the United States to assess their
physical and mental health status and healthcare access and utilization following the initial 8 …

The mental health status of refugees and asylum seekers attending a refugee health clinic including comparisons with a matched sample of Australian-born residents

F Shawyer, JC Enticott, AA Block, IH Cheng… - Bmc Psychiatry, 2017 - Springer
Background The aim of this study was to survey refugees and asylum-seekers attending a
Refugee Health Service in Melbourne, Australia to estimate the prevalence of psychiatric …

Treatment gap and mental health service use among Syrian refugees in Sultanbeyli, Istanbul: a cross-sectional survey

DC Fuhr, C Acarturk, M McGrath, Z Ilkkursun… - Epidemiology and …, 2020 - cambridge.org
AimsSyrian refugees may have increased mental health needs due to the frequent exposure
to potentially traumatic events and violence experienced during the flight from their home …