Psychiatric Symptoms and Service Utilization among Refugee Children Referred to a Child Psychiatry Department

A Retrospective Comparative Case Note Study

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2394638
AutoresAina Basilier Vaage (Stavanger University Hospital and University of Bergen), Ida Garløv (Stavanger University Hospital and University of Bergen), Edvard Hauff (University of Oslo), Per Hove Thomsen (0000-0002-4529-4431, University of Bergen and University of Aarhus)
Año2007
Volumen44
Número3
Páginas440-458
Fecha de publicación2007-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTranscultural Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1363-4615 • E-ISSN: 1461-7471
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1363461507081641
PMID17938155
OpenAlexW2121156474
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas31

Refugee children may encounter barriers to accessing mental health services. We conducted a case-control study based on a systematic review of clinic records to compare psychopathology and service utilization in refugee and Norwegian children referred to a child psychiatry department in a county in southern Norway. Sixty-one refugee children were compared with 61 Norwegian-born children matched for gender, age and time of referral to the clinic. There was no significant difference in rates of referral or level of service utilization, which were proportional to the population. Compared with Norwegian children, refugee children were diagnosed more frequently with post-traumatic stress disorder and other affective and emotional disorders, and less often with pervasive developmental disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The results are discussed in terms of referral pathways and the need for culturally competent care for refugee children

Child and adolescent psychiatry · Family medicine · Mental health · Norwegian · Population · Psychiatry · Psychopathology · Referral · Refugee · Child Abuse and Trauma · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research