Prevalence and prevention of suicidal ideation among asylum seekers in a high-risk urban post-displacement setting.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Among asylum seekers in a high-risk unstable post-displacement context, we aimed to investigate the prevalence of and risk for suicidal ideation (study 1), and then to test whether and how Mindfulness-Based Trauma Recovery for Refugees (MBTR-R) may prevent or treat suicidal ideation (study 2).

Methods

Study 1 was conducted among a community sample of N = 355 (31.8% female) East African asylum seekers in a high-risk urban post-displacement setting in the Middle East (Israel). Study 2 was a secondary analysis of a randomised waitlist-control trial of MBTR-R among 158 asylum-seekers (46.2% female) from the same community and post-displacement setting.

Results

Prevalence of suicidal ideation was elevated (31%). Post-migration living difficulties, as well as po

SUBMITTER: Aizik-Reebs A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9583629 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature