Mechanisms underlying the mental health impact of family separation on resettled refugees.
Belinda J LiddellYulisha ByrowMeaghan O'DonnellVicki MauNicole BatchTadgh McMahonRichard A BryantAngela NickersonPublished in: The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry (2020)
These findings indicate that family separation powerfully influences mental health outcomes, but that its effect may be mediated by the type of post-migration stress experienced in the settlement environment and culturally bound differences in how the sense of self is interconnected with family.