Psychiatric News (9/12) reports research indicates that “the more limited the resources of the neighborhood into which young refugees are settled, the more likely they are to go on to be diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder,” investigators concluded in a study that “used multiple Danish health and census registers to monitor the outcomes of 18,709 child and adolescent refugees (ages 0-16) who resettled in Denmark between 1986 and 1998.” The findings were published online Sept. 12 in JAMA Pediatrics.
Related Links:
— “Socioeconomic Status of Neighborhood Matters for Mental Health of Refugee Children, Adolescents, Psychiatric News, September 12, 2022