| Revista: | Archives of clinical psychiatry |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000419395 |
| Autores: | Ceri, Veysi1 Nasiroglu, Serhat2 |
| Instituciones: | 1Marmara University, Pendik Training and Research Hospital, Estambul. Turquía 2Sakarya University, School of Medicine, Sakarya. Turquía |
| Año: | 2018 |
| Periodo: | Jul-Ago |
| Volumen: | 45 |
| Número: | 4 |
| Paginación: | 100-105 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| Resumen en inglés | Turkey is the leading refugee-hosting country in the world. However, there are few studies which investigate mental wellbeing of refugee children in Turkey. Objective: The paper aims to examine the prevalence of emotional and behavioural problems and associated risk factors among Syrian refugee minors in Turkey. Methods: The research involved 85 students from 2 th to 8 th grades. We investigated emotional and behavioural problems with parent-reported Arabic form of Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Socio-demographical findings and children's war-related experiences were also examined. Results: The study sample consisted of 49 (63.6%) girls, and 28 (36.4%) boys (total 77) from age 7 to 17. Average time after resettlement was 29.8 ± 11.2 (5 to 50 months) months. 66 (85.7%) children reported to had lost at least one familiar person due to the war. The mean experienced war-related traumatic events were calculated as 2.92 ± 1.86. Total difficulty scores of 30 (39.0%) children were above the cut off values. The rates of children whose SDQ problem scores exceeded the cut-off values were as high as 45.5% (35) for Emotional problems, 64.9% (50) for Peer, 27.3% (21) for conduct and 19.5% (15) for Hyperactivity problems. Discussion: Results indicate high prevalence rates of severe traumatic experiences and possible psychiatric disorders among child survivors of Syrian war which in its seventh year now |
| Disciplinas: | Medicina, Psicología |
| Palabras clave: | Psiquiatría, Psicología social, Guerra, Refugiados, Niños, Problemas emocionales, Salud mental |
| Keyword: | Psychiatry, Social psychology, War, Refugees, Children, Emotional problems, Mental health |
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