ISTSS Releases Journal Issue on Refugee Children and their Families
The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies has released a special issue on refugee children and their families, featuring articles on the traumatic effects of child separation and resources for treating and evaluating the mental health of refugees and young people dealing with forced separation.
The articles will be available at no cost through the end of September:
The familial influence of loss and trauma on refugee mental health: A multilevel path analysis
Angela Nickerson, Richard A. Bryant, Robert Brooks, Zachary Steel, Derrick Silove, Jack Chen
Mental Health Following Separation in a Disaster: The Role of Attachment
H. Colin Gallagher, John Richardson, David Forbes, Louise Harms, Lisa Gibbs, Nathan Alkemade, Colin MacDougall, Elizabeth Waters, Karen Block, Dean Lusher, Elyse Baker, Richard A. Bryant
Children's Memories of Removal: A Test of Attachment Theory
Annika Melinder Gunn, Astrid Baugerud, Kristianne Stigsdatter Ovenstad, Gail S. Goodman
Attachment Narratives in Refugee Children: Interrater Reliability and Qualitative Analysis in Pilot Findings From a Two‐Site Study
Lucia De Haene, Nina Thorup Dalgaard, Edith Montgomery, Hans Grietens, Karine Verschueren
Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Preschool Children in Foster Care: The Influence of Placement and Foster Family Environment
Mira Vasileva, Franz Petermann
Association Between Parents’ PTSD Severity and Children's Psychological Distress: A Meta‐Analysis
Jessica E. Lambert, Jessica Holzer, Amber Hasbun
Comparing Trauma Exposure, Mental Health Needs, and Service Utilization Across Clinical Samples of Refugee, Immigrant, and U.S.‐Origin Children
Theresa S. Betancourt, Elizabeth A. Newnham, Dina Birman, Robert Lee, B. Heidi Ellis, Christopher M. Layne
Trauma History and Psychopathology in War‐Affected Refugee Children Referred for Trauma‐Related Mental Health Services in the United States
Theresa S. Betancourt, Elizabeth A. Newnham, Christopher M. Layne, Soeun Kim, Alan M. Steinberg, Heidi Ellis, Dina Birman
“One Scar Too Many:” The Associations Between Traumatic Events and Psychological Distress Among Undocumented Mexican Immigrants
Luz M. Garcini, Juan M. Peña, Angela P. Gutierrez, Christopher P. Fagundes, Hector Lemus, Suzanne Lindsay, Elizabeth A. Klonoff
Psychometric Properties of the Child PTSD Symptom Scale in Latino Children
Omar G. Gudiño, Laura A. Rindlaub
The effects of exposure to community violence on Khmer refugee adolescents
S. Megan Berthold
Narrative exposure therapy for 7‐ to 16‐year‐olds: A randomized controlled trial with traumatized refugee children
Martina Ruf, Maggie Schauer, Frank Neuner, Claudia Catani, Elisabeth Schauer, Thomas Elbert
Evaluation of a Trauma‐Focused Group Intervention for Unaccompanied Young Refugees: A Pilot Study
Elisa Pfeiffer, Lutz Goldbeck
Supporting Asylum Seekers: Clinician Experiences of Documenting Human Rights Violations Through Forensic Psychological Evaluation
Kim A. Baranowski, Melissa H. Moses, Jasmine Sundri
Resources:
Refugees Seeking Asylum: Understanding the Process and Seeing the Need for Change
International Practice Guidelines for Posttrauma Mental Health
Psychological Debriefing for Adults
Acute Interventions for Children and Adolescents
Review of Child and Adolescent Refugee Mental Health
Mental Health Interventions for Refugee Children Resettlement