Psychotherapeutic and Psychosocial Interventions with Unaccompanied Minors: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: Unaccompanied minors (UAMs) are considered a particularly vulnerable population, facing severe threats regarding their physical and mental health. As their number has increased in recent years worldwide, research on mental health interventions has become necessary. The implementation of psychotherapeutic interventions has been documented, but psychosocial interventions seem to not have been consistently studied. In this review, we summarize the psychotherapeutic and psychosocial interventions with UAMs that have been studied up to now. Following the PRISMA guidelines for scoping reviews, we searched four databases and included studies and practice papers; there were no restrictions on publication date, geographical region, language, or method. We identified 46 studies on psychotherapeutic

SUBMITTER: Moutsou I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10048295 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature