PMID: 9526769Apr 4, 1998Paper

Refugee children from the Middle East

Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine. Supplementum
Edith Montgomery

Abstract

To map the frequency (prevalence) of torture victims among parents in asylum seeking Middle Eastern refugee families, to map the occurrence (prevalence) of experiences of war and other forms of organised violence among the children in these families, to map the occurrence (prevalence) of emotional symptoms and behavioural problems among the children, and to identify risk indicators and modifying factors for anxiety symptoms among the children. Interview with parents using a structured interview questionnaire developed for this study. Validated through a blinded semi-structured interview conducted with approximately 1/3 of the families. AUSPICES: The study has been carried out by the Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims (RCT) in cooperation with the Danish Red Cross. Structured interviews with parents regarding 311 children aged 3-15 from 149 families, all registered as asylum seekers from the Middle East between February 1, 1992 and April 30, 1993. The response was 90.4%. PRINCIPAL VARIABLES: Background (past-past)--social and demographic data; trauma complex (past)--war-related life circumstances (conditions) and experiences of war and other forms of organized violence such as loss, separation, direct exposur...Continue Reading

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Sep 23, 2006·Scandinavian Journal of Public Health·Dorte Reff OlsenAnders Foldspang
Oct 23, 2002·Archives of Disease in Childhood·M Fazel, A Stein
Jan 12, 2011·Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health·Aina B VaageEdvard Hauff
Dec 25, 2010·Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review·Israel Bronstein, Paul Montgomery
Jul 17, 2007·Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine·Erik Edston, Caroline Olsson
Aug 17, 2011·Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Supplementum·E Montgomery
Aug 8, 2020·Acta Paediatrica·Lisa BergAnders Hjern
Jun 20, 2021·European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry·Lisa BergAnders Hjern

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