Findings From A Specialized Child Psychiatry Unit For Care of Refugee Children in Istanbul
Objective: Turkey is the leading refugee hosting country in the world by hosting more than 3,5 million people whom almost half of them are children under age 18. We aimed to investigate psychiatric disorders that seen among kids applied to 'Migrant Children Outpatient Treatment Unit'...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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ANP Publishing
2018-06-01
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| Series: | Klinik Psikiyatri Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | https://www.journalagent.com/kpd/pdfs/KPD-57070-RESEARCH_ARTICLE-CERI.pdf |
| Summary: | Objective: Turkey is the leading refugee hosting country
in the world by hosting more than 3,5 million people
whom almost half of them are children under age 18.
We aimed to investigate psychiatric disorders that seen
among kids applied to 'Migrant Children Outpatient
Treatment Unit' of Marmara University Pendik Training
and Research Hospital which is speacilized to provide
psychiatric care for refugee children. Method: We investigated
follow up files of 41 children applied to 'Migrant
Child Outpatient Treatment Unit' between May 2017 to
November 2017 retrospectively. Socio-demographical
data and diagnoses of children according to DSM-5 classification
system were analyzed. Results: Of the 41 children
16 (30,3 %) were girl and 25 (69,7 %) were boy. The
average age and time after resettlement were 9.4+4
years and 30.2+15 months respectively. Seventy five percent
of parents stated that a person close to them has
died, while 87.9 % reported that their children have
witnessed to clashes during war. 45 % children stated to
have seen a dead or injured person in Syria. Of the children
13 (31.7 %) were diagnosed with anxiety disorders,
13 (31.7 %) with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder,
10 (24.4 %) with major depressive disorder, 9 (22.0 %)
with post-traumatic stress disorder, 8 with (19.5 %)
speech disorders, 7 (17.1 %) with enuresis and 4 (9.8 %)
with autism spectrum di-sorder. Discussion: Our findings
indicating that refugee children suffer from a wide
range of psychiatric disorders which may deteriorate
their social and academical functionality and entegration
to the new culture years after ressetlement. |
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| ISSN: | 1302-0099 2146-7153 |