Mental health, risk and resilience among refugee families in Europe

Abigail H. Gewirtz; Lynn Muldrew; Margrét Sigmarsdóttir

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101428

Mental health, risk and resilience among refugee families in Europe

Abigail H. Gewirtz, Lynn Muldrew, Margrét Sigmarsdóttir

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Refugee children and families are at high risk of developing mental health conditions. The objective of this systematic review was to examine the current empirical literature on refugee mental health in Europe with a focus on children and families. A systematic search was conducted between January 2022 to June 2022 in PsychInfo, CINAHIL and PubMed. The search produced 2385 results and 62 articles met the selection criteria. Results showed that children had high rates of trauma exposure and were at higher risk of psychopathology than their host peers. Post-migration stressors impact mental health outcomes in adolescents and adults. However, most studies were self-report and cross-sectional and there were very few studies on refugee parenting or dyadic relationships.

Original language	English
Article number	101428
Journal	Current Opinion in Psychology
Volume	47
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101428
State	Published - Oct 2022
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Children
Europe
Families
Psychopathology
Refugees

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General Psychology

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