| Title |
Psychiatric symptoms and disorders among Yazidi children and adolescents immediately after forced migration following ISIS attacks
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| Published in |
neuropsychiatrie, September 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/s40211-016-0195-9 |
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| Authors |
Veysi Ceri, Zeliha Özlü-Erkilic, Ürün Özer, Murat Yalcin, Christian Popow, Türkan Akkaya-Kalayci |
| Abstract |
The aim of the present study was to evaluate psychiatric problems and disorders among Yazidi Kurd refugee children and adolescents, who were assessed immediately after their forced migration following life-threatening attacks by ISIS terrorists. We retrospectively analyzed the psychiatric assessments of 38 Yazidi children and adolescents (age 2-18, mean 12 years, m:f = 16:22), which were performed upon their arrival at the refugee camp. All children and adolescents exhibited psychiatric problems and disorders, 50 % had one, and 50 % had more than one. The most relevant problems were disturbed sleeping (71 % of children), followed by depression (36.8 %), conversion disorders (28.9 %), adjustment (21.8 %), acute (18.4 %) and posttraumatic stress (PTSD, 10.5 %) disorders, and non-organic enuresis (18.4 %). Our study confirms the results of previous studies, asserting that refugee children and adolescents do not just suffer from PTSD but from various other problems that are already present in the first days of resettlement. Children and adolescents living in refugee camps urgently need psychosocial support. |
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| Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 13% |
| Iraq | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 6 | 75% |
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| Members of the public | 6 | 75% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 13% |
| Scientists | 1 | 13% |
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| Unknown | 127 | 100% |
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| Student > Master | 25 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 12% |
| Researcher | 12 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 8% |
| Other | 20 | 16% |
| Unknown | 34 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Psychology | 29 | 23% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 20% |
| Social Sciences | 10 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 6% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 11 | 9% |
| Unknown | 41 | 32% |
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