PSYC 3690 Chapter Notes -Nuclear Family, Systematic Review, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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Title: mental health of displaced and refugee children resettled in. To review the evidence-based for individual, family, community, and societal risk and protective factors for the mental health outcomes of children and adolescents. Children and adolescents who are forced to migrate across the world. Selective - displaced children are at risk but they may not have a mental health disorder yet. Secondary concerned about how to support children before they develop mental health problems (nip it in the bud) Risk = exposure to violence, not being accompanied by an adult carer. Exposure to violence has the strongest base for risk. Children who have a history of physical, psychological or developmental disorders (risk) Being a girl - for internalizing or emotional problems (risk) Being a boy - for externalizing or behavioural problems (risk) Loss of family at a young age and recent bereavement (risk) Dissimilarity of culture, language and religion (risk)