A longitudinal study of mental health in refugees from Burma: the impact of therapeutic interventions
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Objective: The present study seeks to examine the impact of therapeutic interventions for people from refugee backgrounds within a naturalistic setting. Methods: Sixty-two refugees from Burma were assessed soon after arriving in Australia. All participants received standard interventions provided by a resettlement organisation which included therapeutic interventions, assessment, social assistance, and referrals where appropriate. At the completion of service provision a follow-up assessment was conducted. Results: Over the course of the intervention, participants experienced a significant decrease in symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression and somatisation. Pre-intervention symptoms predicted symptoms post-intervention for post-traumatic stress, anxiety and somatisation. Post-migration living difficulties, the number of traumas experienced, and the number of contacts with the service agency were unrelated to all mental health outcomes. Conclusions: In the first Australian study of its kind, reductions in mental health symptoms post-intervention were significantly linked to pre-intervention symptomatology and the number of therapy sessions predicted post-intervention symptoms of post-traumatic stress. Future studies need to include larger samples and control groups to verify findings.
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The high prevalence of postmigration stressors in the family reunified population supports the importance of postmigration factors.
“These results emphasize the importance of equal treatment possibilities for the family reunified population, and the high prevalence of postmigration stressors in the family reunified population support the importance of postmigration factors, as reported in previous articles(Hynie, 2018; Chen et al., 2017; Van Wyk et al., 2012).”
From Refugees versus persons family reunified to a refugee: A comparison of sociodemographic factors, trauma history, baseline psychopathology and treatment effectiveness (2023) · cites this paper as Van Wyk et al., 2012
The Results section (page unavailable) reports that communication difficulties (68%) and worry about family outside Australia (54%) were serious post-migration problems among refugees from Burma. The paper discusses the importance of post-migration factors, but it does not establish a high prevalence of stressors specifically in a family-reunified population. Its Discussion also says post-migration living difficulties did not significantly predict symptom reduction in this study. (LLM, conf=0.86)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe selection of covariates was based on knowledge from existing literature investigating factors predicting treatment outcome and refugee mental health.
“The selection of cova riates was based on knowledge from existing literature investigating factors predicting treatment outcome and refugee mental health (Van Wyk et al., 2012; Bogic et al., 2015; Sonne et al., 2016).”
From Refugees versus persons family reunified to a refugee: A comparison of sociodemographic factors, trauma history, baseline psychopathology and treatment effectiveness (2023) · cites this paper as Van Wyk et al., 2012
Preintervention mental health is a predictor for post-intervention scores, as found in a small study of 62 Burmese refugees.
“In continuation of the discussion of similar baseline scores it is important to mention preintervention mental health as a predictor for post-intervention scores as found in a small study of 62 Burmese refugees (Van Wyk et al., 2012).”
From Refugees versus persons family reunified to a refugee: A comparison of sociodemographic factors, trauma history, baseline psychopathology and treatment effectiveness (2023) · cites this paper as Van Wyk et al., 2012
Baseline scores predicted post-intervention mental health on both PTSD, anxiety and somatisation.
“Here it was found that baseline scores predicted post-intervention mental health on both PTSD, anxiety and somatisation.”
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The importance of postmigration stressors has been emphasized in previous papers and the present results add to that perspective.
“The importance of postmigration stressors has been emphasized in previous papers (Hynie, 2018; , Chen et al., 2017; , Van Wyk et al., 2012) and the present results add to that perspective.”
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- Authors
- van Wyk, S., Schweitzer, R., Brough, M., Vromans, L., & Murray, K.
- Affiliations
- School of Psychology and Counselling, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- San Diego State University (US)
- Venue
- Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2012-03-19
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 995-1003
- ISSN
- 0004-8674 (ISSN-L)
- 1440-1614
- PMC
- PMC3773081
- OpenAlex
- W1487570667
- Cited by
- 64
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 3.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- europepmc.org
- Locations
- Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Research Bank (Australian Catholic University) (submittedVersion)
- Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation
- Funders
- National Cancer Institute (U54CA132379, U54CA132384)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Keywords
- refugee mental health, Burma refugees, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, somatization, therapeutic interventions, resettlement services, naturalistic intervention, post-migration living difficulties, trauma exposure
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Australia, Mental Disorders, Myanmar, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Mental Health, Middle Aged, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Refugees, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, Checklist
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