The impact of the asylum process on mental health: a longitudinal study of unaccompanied refugee minors in Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the mental health of unaccompanied refugee minors prospectively during the asylum-seeking process, with a focus on specific stages in the asylum process, such as age assessment, placement in a supportive or non-supportive facility and final decision on the asylum applications.

Design

This was a2½ year follow-up study of unaccompanied minors (UM) seeking asylum in Norway. Data were collected within three weeks (n=138) and at 4 months (n=101), 15 months (n=84) and 26 months (n=69) after arrival.

Setting

Initially in an observation and orientation centre for unaccompanied asylum-seeking adolescents, and subsequently wherever the UM were located in other refugee facilities in Norway.

Participants

Male UM from Afghanistan, Somalia, Algeria and

SUBMITTER: Jakobsen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5734358 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature