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Mental health of refugee children: comparative study
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In 2002, over 110 000 people entered Britain to seek asylum-a 250% increase in five years. 1 Children, who comprise at least a quarter of asylum seekers, are exposed to numerous risk factors for psychological disturbance, including exposure to violence, forced displacement, and multiple losses.2 The rates of mental health problems in refugee children are uncertain, but the few studies that have been done suggest that refugee children incur significant morbidity.2 We examined the rates of psychological disturbance in a sample of UK children who were refugees and compared them with a group of children who were from an ethnic minority but were not refugees and a group of indigenous white children.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Fazel, M., & Stein, A.
- Affiliations
- Warneford Hospital (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Fazel, Mina
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2003-07-17
- Volume
- 327
- Issue
- 7407
- Pages
- 134
- ISSN
- 0007-1447 (ISSN-L)
- 0959-8138
- 1468-5833
- PMC
- PMC165700
- OpenAlex
- W1969976607
- Cited by
- 188
- References
- 5
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- FWCI
- 8.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.bmj.com/company/legal-information/terms-conditions/legal-information/tdm-licencepolicy (tdm)
- Locations
- BMJ (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Exile Studies
- Social Sciences › Education › Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees
- Keywords
- refugee children, child mental health, mental illness, asylum seekers, ethnic minority children, forced displacement, violence exposure, multiple losses
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Mental Disorders, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, United Kingdom, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Surveys and Questionnaires, Refugees, Social Adjustment
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