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Long-term effect of psychological trauma on the mental health of Vietnamese refugees resettled in Australia: a population-based study
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Most Vietnamese refugees resettled in Australia were free from overt mental ill health, but a subgroup of people with a high degree of exposure to trauma had long-term psychiatric morbidity.About:
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Prevalence of serious mental disorder in 7000 refugees resettled in western countries: a systematic review.
TL;DR: Refugees resettled in western countries could be about ten times more likely to have post-traumatic stress disorder than age-matched general populations in those countries.
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Association of Torture and Other Potentially Traumatic Events With Mental Health Outcomes Among Populations Exposed to Mass Conflict and Displacement: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
TL;DR: A systematic review and meta-regression of the prevalence rates of PTSD and depression in the refugee and postconflict mental health field found nonrandom sampling, small sample sizes, and self-report questionnaires were associated with higher rates of mental disorder.
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Common mental health problems in immigrants and refugees: general approach in primary care
Laurence J. Kirmayer,Lavanya Narasiah,Marie Munoz,Meb Rashid,Andrew G. Ryder,Jaswant Guzder,Ghayda Hassan,Cécile Rousseau,Kevin Pottie +8 more
TL;DR: Systematic inquiry into patients’ migration trajectory and subsequent follow-up on culturally appropriate indicators of social, vocational and family functioning over time will allow clinicians to recognize problems in adaptation and undertake mental health promotion, disease prevention or treatment interventions in a timely way.
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Long-term mental health of war-refugees: a systematic literature review
TL;DR: Existing evidence suggests that mental disorders tend to be highly prevalent in war refugees many years after resettlement, and there is a need for more methodologically consistent and rigorous research on the mental health of long-settled war refugees.
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Trauma, post-migration living difficulties, and social support as predictors of psychological adjustment in resettled Sudanese refugees.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the impact of pre-migration trauma, postmigration living difficulties and social support on the current mental health of 63 resettled Sudanese refugees.
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