Thematic Focus: Mental Health

"The Association between Social Support and the Mental Health of Social Workers and Police Officers Who Work with Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Refugee Children’s Forced Repatriation: A Swedish Experience," International Journal of Mental Health, vol. 47, no. 1 (2018) [ResearchGate]

Cause and Effect of PTSD in Asylum Applicants (ImmigrationProf Blog, May 2018) [text]

"Discrimination and Distress among Afghan Refugees in Northern California: The Moderating Role of Pre- and Post-migration Factors," PLoS ONE 13(5): e0196822 (May 2018) [open access]

"Does Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation of Tortured Refugees Represent ‘Value-for-money’? A Follow-up of a Danish Case-study," BMC Health Services Research, 18:365 (May 2018) [open access]
- See also related NPR story.

"The Effect of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder on Refugees' Parenting and Their Children's Mental Health: A Cohort Study," The Lancet Public Health, vol. 3, no. 5 (May 2018) [open access]
- See also related comment.

European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 27, no. 4 (April 2018) [contents]
- Focused issue on "Mental Health Issues in Refugees"; the two editorials are freely available and one article on an intervention for unaccompanied minors with PTSD in Sweden is open access.

"A Factor Analytic Investigation of DSM-5 PTSD Symptoms in a Culturally Diverse Sample of Refugees Resettled in Australia," Conflict and Health, 12:26 (May 2018) [open access]

"'In the Sport I Am Here': Therapeutic Processes and Health Effects of Sport and Exercise on PTSD," Qualitative Health Research, vol. 28, no. 3 (2018) [open access]

"Lack of Evidence for Psychotherapy for PTSD and Depression in Child and Adolescent Refugees: A Meta-analysis," World Psychiatry (Forthcoming) [preprint]

Looking After the Mental Health of Immigration Practitioners (Free Movement Blog, May 2018) [text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health Aspects of the Asylum Process (2 May 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health (2 May 2018)

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