Promoting mental health and preventing mental health problems in child and adolescent refugees and asylum seekers: A systematic review on psychosocial interventions.
Bianca Della RoccaRosaria BelloMarco CarbonePasquale PezzellaClaudia ToniGaia SampognaLorenzo TarsitaniMario LucianoAndrea FiorilloPublished in: The International journal of social psychiatry (2023)
The majority of available interventions, although highly heterogeneous in format and content, showed significant improvement in several psychopathological dimensions, including trauma-related symptoms, psychological stress, anxiety, depressive and cognitive symptoms. Available studies on interventions for the prevention of mental disorders and the promotion of mental health in refugees and asylum seekers children and adolescents indicate that provided interventions were associated with a global improvement for participants. Implementation strategies to improve their scalability are highly needed.