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 …

Mental health of migrants with pre-migration exposure to armed conflict: a systematic review and meta-analysis

C Mesa-Vieira, AD Haas, D Buitrago-Garcia… - The Lancet Public …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Exposure to armed conflict has been associated with negative mental health
consequences. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of generalised anxiety disorder, major …

The potential impact of COVID-19 in refugee camps in Bangladesh and beyond: A modeling study

S Truelove, O Abrahim, C Altare, SA Lauer… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background COVID-19 could have even more dire consequences in refugees camps than in
general populations. Bangladesh has confirmed COVID-19 cases and hosts almost 1 million …

 Correlating heatwaves and relative humidity with suicide (fatal intentional self-harm)

F Florido Ngu, I Kelman, J Chambers… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Empirical evidence suggests that the effects of anthropogenic climate change, and heat in
particular, could have a significant impact on mental health. This article investigates the …

[HTML][HTML] Suicide in Muslim world and way forward

S Shoib, AY Armiya'u, M Nahidi, N Arif… - Health science …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Islam is the world's second‐biggest religion, with a population of almost 1.9 billion people
and a major presence in nearly 50 nations and territories. According to a survey published in …

Chronic illness and quality of life 5 years after displacement among rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

A Hossain, RBA Baten, A Saadi, J Rana… - JAMA Network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Rohingya refugees, forcibly displaced from Myanmar, face challenges adapting
to Bangladesh. Examining their quality of life (QOL) is vital to identifying nuanced factors …

Systematic review on chronic non-communicable disease in disaster settings

C Ngaruiya, R Bernstein, R Leff, L Wallace, P Agrawal… - BMC public health, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) constitute the leading cause of
mortality globally. Low and middle-income countries (LMICs) not only experience the largest …

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 …

A qualitative study of cultural concepts of distress among Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

K Trang, C Hiott, AK Rahim, S Rahman, AJ Wuermli - Conflict and health, 2024 - Springer
Background Rohingya refugees residing in Bangladesh have been exposed to profound
trauma in addition to ongoing daily stressors of living in the refugee camps. Accurate …

Functional impairment as a proxy measure indicating high rates of trauma exposure, post-migration living difficulties, common mental disorders, and poor health …

AK Tay, S Rees, MAA Miah, S Khan… - Translational …, 2019 - nature.com
A major challenge in the refugee field is to ensure that scarce mental health resources are
directed to those in greatest need. Based on data from an epidemiological survey of 959 …