Political violence, family stress and mental health of refugee children in exile
Engelsk titel: Political violence, family stress and mental health of refugee children in exile
Författare:
Hjern, Anders
;
Angel, Birgitta
;
Jeppson, Olle
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 52
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 59006
Sammanfattning
The mental health of 63 refugee children, from Chile and the Middle East, was studied during the first 18 month of exile in Sweden. 46% of the children were rated as having poor mental health five months after resettlement in symptom interviews with parents based on the structured questionnaire developed by Cederblad, and 44% thirteen months later. Political violence in the home country and stress in the family sphere in exile were identified as the major determinants of poor mental health in this context.