Title
Unaccompanied adolescents seeking asylum: Poorer mental health under a restrictive reception
Author
Reijneveld, S.A.
de Boer, J.B.
Bean, T.
Korfker, D.G.
TNO Kwaliteit van Leven
Publication year
2005
Abstract
We assessed the effects of a stringent reception policy on the mental health of unaccompanied adolescent asylum seekers by comparing the mental health of adolescents in a restricted campus reception setting and in a setting offering more autonomy (numbers [response rates]: 69 [93%] and 53 [69%], respectively; mean age, 16 years). Unaccompanied adolescent asylum seekers in a restricted reception setting reported more emotional problems on the Hopkins Symptom Checklist than their counterparts in the more autonomy group (mean scores [SD]: restricted, 59.3 [13.1]; other, 53.4 [10.5]; p = 0.033, F test). Main effects concerned a rise in anxiety. Girls showed larger differences than boys. A restrictive reception may therefore affect the mental health of minor asylum seekers. Health care workers and policy makers should be aware of this adverse effect. Copyright © 2005 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Subject
Health
Jeugd en Gezondheid
Anxiety
Mental health
PTSS
Age
Controlled study
Emotional disorder
Health care personnel
Hopkins symptom checklist
Immigration
Major clinical study
Policy
Posttraumatic stress disorder
School
Scoring system
Sex difference
Symptom
Unaccompanied adolescent seeking asylum
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
Affective Symptoms
Female
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders
Netherlands
Personal Autonomy
Personality Inventory
Public Policy
Questionnaires
Refugees
Social Isolation
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1097/01.nmd.0000185870.55678.82
TNO identifier
238781
ISSN
0022-3018
Source
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 193 (11), 759-761
Document type
article