Risk of psychosis among refugees: a systematic review and meta-analysis

L Brandt, J Henssler, M Müller, S Wall, D Gabel… - Jama …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance This systematic review and meta-analysis is, to date, the first and most
comprehensive to focus on the incidence of nonaffective psychoses among refugees …

Risk of psychosis in refugees: a literature review

J Dapunt, U Kluge, A Heinz - Translational psychiatry, 2017 - nature.com
Conflicts and precarious living conditions resulted in the arrival of large numbers of refugees
in Europe and especially in Germany. Evidence suggests that immigrant populations are at …

The prevalence of mental illness in refugees and asylum seekers: A systematic review and meta-analysis

R Blackmore, JA Boyle, M Fazel, S Ranasinha… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Globally, the number of refugees and asylum seekers has reached record
highs. Past research in refugee mental health has reported wide variation in mental illness …

Risk of mental disorders in refugees and native Danes: a register-based retrospective cohort study

M Norredam, A Garcia-Lopez, N Keiding… - Social psychiatry and …, 2009 - Springer
Background Refugees are vulnerable to mental health disorders because of migration
trauma. However, register-based prevalence studies are missing. Aims To investigate the …

Incidence of psychotic disorders among first-generation immigrants and refugees in Ontario

KK Anderson, J Cheng, E Susser, KJ McKenzie… - Cmaj, 2015 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Evidence suggests that migrant groups have an increased risk of psychotic
disorders and that the level of risk varies by country of origin and host country. Canadian …

Increased rates of psychosis among immigrants to Sweden: is migration a risk factor for psychosis?

K Zolkowska, E Cantor-Graae, TF McNeil - Psychological Medicine, 2001 - cambridge.org
Background. Previous studies have shown high rates of psychosis among Afro-Caribbean
immigrants to the UK and immigrants to the Netherlands. Rates of schizophrenia-like …

Prevalence of mental disorders in refugees and asylum seekers: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Patanè, S Ghane, E Karyotaki, P Cuijpers… - Global Mental …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Background Studies have identified high rates of mental disorders in refugees, but most
used self-report measures of psychiatric symptoms. In this study, we examined the …

Systematic review and meta-analysis: the prevalence of mental illness in child and adolescent refugees and asylum seekers

R Blackmore, KM Gray, JA Boyle, M Fazel… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective Over half of the world's refugee population are under the age of 18 years. This
systematic review aims to summarize the current body of evidence for the prevalence of …

Mental disorder among refugees and the impact of persecution and exile: Some findings from an out-patient population

NJ Lavik, E Hauff, A Skrondal… - The British Journal of …, 1996 - cambridge.org
BackgroundRefugees have long been considered at risk for mental disorder. We sought to
characterise this risk in an out-patient refugee sample by analysing the relationship between …

Refugee migration and risk of schizophrenia and other non-affective psychoses: cohort study of 1.3 million people in Sweden

AC Hollander, H Dal, G Lewis, C Magnusson… - bmj, 2016 - bmj.com
Objective To determine whether refugees are at elevated risk of schizophrenia and other
non-affective psychotic disorders, relative to non-refugee migrants from similar regions of …