Ten years of tracking mental health in refugee primary health care settings: an updated analysis of data from UNHCR's Health Information System (2009–2018)

SL Fine, JC Kane, PB Spiegel, WA Tol, P Ventevogel - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background This study examines mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) service
usage within refugee camp primary health care facilities in low-and middle-income countries …

Mental, neurological, and substance use problems among refugees in primary health care: analysis of the Health Information System in 90 refugee camps

JC Kane, P Ventevogel, P Spiegel, JK Bass… - BMC medicine, 2014 - Springer
Background Population-based epidemiological research has established that refugees in
low-and middle-income countries (LMIC) are at increased risk for a range of mental …

Barriers and opportunities for refugee mental health services: clinician recommendations from Jordan

M Al-Soleiti, MA Adi, A Nashwan… - Global Mental Health, 2021 - cambridge.org
BackgroundJordan has received more than three million refugees from bordering countries
during times of conflict, including over 600 000 Syrian refugees between 2011 and 2021 …

[HTML][HTML] Capturing the essential: Revising the mental health categories in UNHCR's Refugee Health Information System

P Ventevogel, GK Ryan, V Kahi… - Intervention Journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Abstract The Refugee Health Information System (RHIS) for humanitarian settings was
developed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 2004. As of …

Exploring the use of hospital and community mental health services among newly resettled refugees

S Mazumdar, S Chong, S Eagar… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Resettled refugees in high-income countries represent a vulnerable population.
It is known that refugees have high rates of trauma-related mental health issues; however …

[HTML][HTML] Health system responsiveness to the mental health needs of Syrian refugees: Mixed-methods rapid appraisals in eight host countries in Europe and the …

A Woodward, DC Fuhr, AS Barry… - Open Research …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Syrian refugees have a high burden of mental health symptoms and face
challenges in accessing mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS). This study …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges to mental health services for refugees: a global perspective

D Silove - World Psychiatry, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Considerable progress has been made over recent decades in formulating models of care
and implementing mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) services for refugees …

Mental health for refugees, asylum seekers and displaced persons: A call for a humanitarian agenda

S Bäärnhielm, K Laban… - Transcultural …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Every day, nearly 34,000 people are forcibly displaced as a result of war, conflict or
persecution. Globally, more than 65 million people have been forced from their homes and …

Mental health capacity building in refugee primary health care settings in Sub-Saharan Africa: impact, challenges and gaps

C Echeverri, J Le Roy, B Worku… - Global Mental Health, 2018 - cambridge.org
Background. In 2015, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees started a process
of mental health capacity building in refugee primary health care settings in seven countries …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding mental health from the perception of Middle Eastern refugee women: a critical systematic review

R Tahir, C Due, P Ward, A Ziersch - SSM-Mental Health, 2022 - Elsevier
Women from a refugee background suffer higher psychological distress levels than men with
a refugee background. Conceptualisation of mental health plays an important role in using …