2025
Supporting the mental health of forcibly displaced children
Pluess M, Brown F, Panter-Brick C. Supporting the mental health of forcibly displaced children. Nature Reviews Psychology 2025, 4: 370-387. DOI: 10.1038/s44159-025-00447-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental healthPsychosocial support interventionsPrevalence of mental disordersMental health burdenPoor mental healthEvidence-based servicesWell-beingSupport interventionsCommunity factorsChildren's positive developmentStructural barriersMental disordersHealth burdenHealthIncreased riskSupport approachChildrenRiskServicesResponses to warPositive developmentForced displacementInterventionArmed conflictDisplaced children
2011
Mental health of displaced and refugee children resettled in high-income countries: risk and protective factors
Fazel M, Reed RV, Panter-Brick C, Stein A. Mental health of displaced and refugee children resettled in high-income countries: risk and protective factors. The Lancet 2011, 379: 266-282. PMID: 21835459, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(11)60051-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-income countriesProtective factorsMental healthKey risk factorsMental health vulnerabilitiesRisk factorsRapid resolutionAdverse exposuresPsychological functioningPsychological symptomsSystematic searchRefugee childrenHealth vulnerabilityLongitudinal investigationSocial supportChildrenReview of individualsChildren's psychological functioningRiskHealthExposureFurther researchSymptomsResearch designFactorsMental health of displaced and refugee children resettled in low-income and middle-income countries: risk and protective factors
Reed RV, Fazel M, Jones L, Panter-Brick C, Stein A. Mental health of displaced and refugee children resettled in low-income and middle-income countries: risk and protective factors. The Lancet 2011, 379: 250-265. PMID: 21835460, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(11)60050-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtective factorsMental healthPoor mental healthMental health outcomesMiddle-income settingsMiddle-income countriesRisk factorsHealth outcomesCausal associationEffective interventionsSystematic searchPotential mediatorsChildrenPaucity of researchRiskAdolescentsRefugee populationsHealthLongitudinal workRefugee childrenFactorsPredictor variables
2008
Homeless street children in Nepal: Use of allostatic load to assess the burden of childhood adversity
Worthman CM, Panter-Brick C. Homeless street children in Nepal: Use of allostatic load to assess the burden of childhood adversity. Development And Psychopathology 2008, 20: 233-255. PMID: 18211736, DOI: 10.1017/s0954579408000114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAllostasisalpha 1-AntichymotrypsinAntibodies, ViralArousalBody HeightBody WeightChildDeveloping CountriesHeart RateHerpesvirus 4, HumanHomeless YouthHumansHydrocortisoneLife StyleMaleNepalPhysical FitnessPovertyPsychosocial DeprivationRisk FactorsRural PopulationSalivaUrban PopulationConceptsAllostatic loadChildhood adversityAcute phase inflammatory responseEpstein-Barr virusDevelopmental riskRisk factorsInflammatory responseCommon conditionCardiovascular fitnessBiomarkers of stressCumulative burdenPsychosocial stressNepali childrenIndividual biomarkersSalivary cortisolUrban squatter settlementsHomeless street childrenUrban middle classChildrenRiskBiomarkersCritical appraisalNon-Western settingsFamily-based groupsBurden
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