Psychopathology in African Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in Austria |
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Authors: | Julia Huemer Niranjan Karnik Sabine Voelkl-Kernstock Elisabeth Granditsch Belinda Plattner Max Friedrich Hans Steiner |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,Medical University of Vienna,Vienna,Austria;2.Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience,The University of Chicago,Chicago,USA;3.Rohrbach Hospital,Rohrbach,Austria;4.Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Forensic Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,University of Zurich,Zürich,Switzerland;5.Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Child Psychiatry and Child Development,Stanford University School of Medicine,Stanford,USA |
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Abstract: | We assessed the prevalence of a range of psychopathology among African unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs) in Austria. Additionally,
the predictive value of war exposure on PTSD symptoms was examined. Forty-one URMs were assessed with the Mini-International
Neuropsychiatric Interview for children and adolescents, the Youth Self-Report, the UCLA PTSD Reaction Index and Facts About
You. As expected, 56% of youth had at least one diagnosis by structured clinical interview. The most common diagnoses were
adjustment disorder, PTSD and dysthymia. War affliction marginally predicted (p = 0.065) PTSD controlling for age and gender. URMs had high levels of psychopathology compared to norms. Their PTSD rates
were somewhat lower than found in previous studies. We discuss methodological and substantive reasons for this finding. Future
studies need to examine URMs across the entire diagnostic spectrum and employ multi-method designs to yield valid results.
The psychopathology in URMs has clinical and forensic implications. |
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