scholarly journals 1294 Sleep disturbances in child and adolescent refugees and asylum seekers: a literature review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Kent
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Sleep Disturbances ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Adolescent Refugees ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

scholarly journals The mental health needs of child and adolescent refugees and asylum seekers entering Europe

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Van Gordon ◽  
Supakyada Sapthiang ◽  
Edo Shonin ◽  
MarkD Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Mental Health Needs ◽  
Adolescent Refugees ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

scholarly journals A LITERATURE REVIEW OF REFUGEES IN MALAYSIA AND THE LEGISLATIONS GOVERNING THE REFUGEES IN MALAYSIA.

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-147
Author(s):  
Zulfaqar Mamat ◽  
Rodziana Razali ◽  
Wan Abdul Fattah Wan Ismail ◽  
Tasneem Rahmatullah
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Refugee Status ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
History Of ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

The arrival of refugees and asylum seekers to Malaysia from several countries to get protection from persecution had urged Malaysia to provide a proper protection to these people as our government had decided to let the refugees stay in Malaysia on humanitarian basis. This study focuses on the history of refugees and asylum seekers arrival to Malaysia and the development of legislation that governs them. The study uses qualitative method, where it is done through reading materials from library such as books, journals, articles and newspapers.  It mainly were designed based on historical type of qualitative research design. The purpose of this study is to find out problems of refugees in Malaysia and the need to design a proper and solid legislation for them so that they, while staying in Malaysia are humanely treated and not violated in any way, shape or form. This paper provides an extensive literature review on refugees and asylum seekers’ all around the world. The findings indicate that there is a lot of issues and problems regarding refugees which don’t only affects them individually but also indirectly affects Malaysian economy and increases domestic violence in Malaysia. The significant role or the involvement of UNHCR agencies and the reports from their experts were taken into account for a more thorough analysis on refugee status and problems in Malaysia. Finally, the study concludes with a discussion on the need to first identify the legal status of refugees in Malaysia and the urgency to design a solid legal framework to the refugees located in Malaysia before they are either integrated, repatriated or resettled to the third country as stated in the long term solution for refugees.

Overcoming the deficiency of refugee mental health research

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Kalfic ◽  
Glenn Mitchell ◽  
Lezanne Ooi ◽  
Sibylle Schwab ◽  
Natalie Matosin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Scientific Discovery ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Psychiatric Research ◽  
Risk And Resilience ◽  
Refugee Mental Health ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

The growing number of refugees and asylum seekers are one of the most significant global challenges of this generation. We are currently witnessing the highest level of displacement in history, with over 65 million displaced people in the world. Refugees and asylum seekers are at higher risk to develop mental illness due to their trauma and chronic stress exposures, and particularly post-migration stressors. Yet global and Australian psychiatric research in this area is greatly lacking, particularly with respect to our understanding of the molecular underpinnings of risk and resilience to mental illness in traumatised populations. In this Viewpoint, we explore the reasons behind the lack of refugee mental health research and use this context to propose new ways forward. We believe that scientific discovery performed with a multidisciplinary approach will provide the broad evidence-base required to improve refugee mental health. This will also allow us to work towards the removal of damaging policies that prolong and potentiate mental health deterioration among refugees and asylum seekers, which impacts not only on the individuals but also host countries’ social, economic and healthcare systems.

scholarly journals A network meta-analysis of psychosocial interventions for refugees and asylum seekers with PTSD

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. e005029
Author(s):  
Giulia Turrini ◽  
Federico Tedeschi ◽  
Pim Cuijpers ◽  
Cinzia Del Giovane ◽  
Ahlke Kip ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Psychosocial Interventions ◽  
Risk Of Bias ◽  
Ptsd Symptoms ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Treatment As Usual ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

IntroductionRefugees and asylum seekers are vulnerable to common mental disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Using a network meta-analysis (NMA) approach, the present systematic review compared and ranked psychosocial interventions for the treatment of PTSD in adult refugees and asylum seekers.MethodsRandomised studies of psychosocial interventions for adult refugees and asylum seekers with PTSD were systematically identified. PTSD symptoms at postintervention was the primary outcome. Standardised mean differences (SMDs) and ORs were pooled using pairwise and NMA. Study quality was assessed with the Cochrane Risk of Bias (RoB) tool, and certainty of evidence was assessed through the Confidence in Network Meta-Analysis application.ResultsA total of 23 studies with 2308 participants were included. Sixteen studies were conducted in high-income countries, and seven in low-income or middle-income countries. Most studies were at low risk of bias according to the Cochrane RoB tool. NMA on PTSD symptoms showed that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) (SMD=−1.41; 95% CI −2.43 to −0.38) and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) (SMD=−1.30; 95% CI −2.40 to −0.20) were significantly more effective than waitlist (WL). CBT was also associated with a higher decrease in PTSD symptoms than treatment as usual (TAU) (SMD −1.51; 95% CI −2.67 to −0.36). For all other interventions, the difference with WL and TAU was not significant. CBT and EMDR ranked best according to the mean surface under the cumulative ranking. Regarding acceptability, no intervention had less dropouts than inactive interventions.ConclusionCBT and EMDR appeared to have the greatest effects in reducing PTSD symptoms in asylum seekers and refugees. This evidence should be considered in guidelines and implementation packages to facilitate dissemination and uptake in refugee settings.

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