A systematic review of factors affecting mental health and well-being of asylum seekers and refugees in Germany

VL Hajak, S Sardana, H Verdeli, S Grimm - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Since the onset of the 2015 European refugee crisis,~ 4. 46 million people
have sought asylum in the European Union, with Germany logging the largest share of all …

Post-migration social–environmental factors associated with mental health problems among asylum seekers: A systematic review

S Jannesari, S Hatch, M Prina, S Oram - Journal of immigrant and minority …, 2020 - Springer
People seeking asylum are at an increased risk of mental disorder compared to refugees
and other migrants. This paper aims to understand the impact of postmigration social …

Parenting interventions for refugees and forcibly displaced families: A systematic review

S Gillespie, J Banegas, J Maxwell, ACY Chan… - Clinical Child and …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Globally, an estimated 79.5 million individuals have been displaced, nearly 40% of
whom are children. Parenting interventions may have the potential to improve outcomes for …

[HTML][HTML] The mental health of migrants living in limbo: A mixed-methods systematic review with meta-analysis

M Côté-Olijnyk, JC Perry, MÈ Paré, R Kronick - Psychiatry Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The number of forcibly displaced people has more than doubled over the past decade. Many
people fleeing are left in limbo without a secure pathway to citizenship or residency. This …

Mental health of refugees and asylum seekers: assessment and intervention

R Kronick - The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
With unprecedented numbers of displaced persons worldwide, mental health clinicians in
high-income countries will increasingly encounter refugee and asylum-seeking patients …

Coming out under the gun: Exploring the psychological dimensions of seeking refugee status for LGBT claimants in Canada

S Kahn, EJ Alessi - Journal of Refugee Studies, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Over the past decade, human rights activists have documented the increase in refugee
claims related to sexual orientation and gender identity. Refugee claims processes have …

Lived experiences of transgender forced migrants and their mental health outcomes: systematic review and meta-ethnography

S Hermaszewska, A Sweeney, B Camminga… - BJPsych …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Background Owing to multiple, complex and intersecting health inequities, systemic
oppression and violence and discrimination in their home countries, some transgender …

Psychiatric symptoms associated with brief detention of adult asylum seekers in Canada

J Cleveland, C Rousseau - The Canadian Journal of …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: To examine the association between brief detention and psychiatric symptom
levels among adult asylum seekers. Method: The Harvard Trauma Questionnaire and the …

Lethal hopelessness: Understanding and responding to asylum seeker distress and mental deterioration

NG Procter, MA Kenny, H Eaton… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The mental deterioration of the so called 'legacy caseload'(asylum seekers who arrived in
Australia by boat between August 2012–December 2013) has become a national concern …