Background Refugees and asylum seekers often have increased mental health needs, yet
may face barriers in accessing mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) services in …

Abstract The European Union member states received about 385,000 asylum applications
from children and adolescents below 18 years in 2015, and 398,000 in 2016. The latest …

The Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24th February 2022 has prompted this article to
summarise some of the salient mental health issues experienced by young asylum seekers …

Background Today, almost half of all refugees worldwide are children and adolescents,
nearly a quarter of whom arrive in Europe as Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (URM). Many …

Objectives To review the extant literature to explore what is known about children's own
perspectives on their health experiences, focussing on children and young people who have …

Greece is the country of “Xenios Zeus”, the Ancient Greek god of foreigners and hospitality;
however, it is also the main point of entry to Europe. Since the beginning of 2014, 1,112,332 …

Aim As increasing numbers of unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs) are arriving in
Europe, there is a need to investigate which factors promote psychological resilience and …

Background The objective of the present study was to assess nation-wide, representative
prevalence estimates for symptom-defined posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) within …

Approximately half of the world's displaced population are children and a significant
proportion of these are unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC). UASC are the …

Background Since 2011, a large influx of asylum-seekers and refugees has put pressure on
the UK's under-resourced national health services and mental health services. Asylum …