Unaccompanied refugee minors and resilience: A phenomenological study
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Mental health issues in unaccompanied refugee minors
Previous studies about unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs) showed that they are a highly vulnerable group who have greater psychiatric morbidity than the general population. This review focuses on mental health issues among URMs. Articles in databases PsycINFO, Medline and PubMed from 1998 to 2008 addressing this topic were reviewed. The literature had a considerable emphasis on the assessment ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Przegląd Krytyczny
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2657-8964
DOI: 10.14746/pk.2020.2.1.03