Children and adolescents who are forcibly displaced represent almost half the world's
internally displaced and refugee populations. We undertook a two-part systematic search …

For many decades, the Middle East has been troubled with numerous long‐standing armed
conflicts and wars. Children and adolescents were not spared the trauma and its …

The Syrian conflict began in March 2011 with a brutal military crackdown on antigovernment
protestors, and (as of October 1, 2015) has displaced nearly 12 million people. Many …

Historical trauma theory is a relatively new concept in public health. The premise of this
theory is that populations historically subjected to long-term, mass trauma-colonialism …

War-torn children are particularly vulnerable through direct trauma exposure as well through
their parents' responses. This study thus investigated the association between trauma …

Worldwide, millions of children are affected by armed conflict. However, data on the
prevalence of mental disorders among these children is sparse. We aimed to determine the …

This study examined the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and
depression among 2,250 adolescents 6 months after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in …

Millions of individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are parents. A burgeoning
literature suggests that offspring of parents with this condition may be at increased risk for …

Drawing on the importance of future orientation for adolescent development this analysis
presents a model describing how future orientation is affected by high challenge (or …

Montgomery E. Trauma, exile and mental health in young refugees. Objective: To review
evidence of trauma and exile‐related mental health in young refugees from the Middle East …