Laura Schilz, Solveig Kemna, Carine Karnouk, Kerem Böge, Nico Lindheimer, Lena Walther, Sara Mohamad, Amani Suboh, Alkomiet Hasan, Edgar Höhne, Tobias Banaschewski, Paul Plener, Michael Strupf, Erik Hahn, Malek Bajbouj
- Background:
Providing adequate living conditions for forcibly displaced people represents a significant challenge for host countries such as Germany. This study explores refugee mental health’s reciprocal, dynamic relationship with post-migration living conditions and social support.
Methods:
The study sample included 325 Arabic- or Farsi-speaking asylum seekers and refugees residing in Germany since 2014 and seeking mental health treatment. Associations between reported symptoms of post-traumatic stress and depression and the subjective quality of living conditions and perceived social support were analyzed using a two-level approach including multiple linear regression and network analyses.
Results:
Post-migration quality of living conditions and perceived social support were significantly associated with negative mental health outcomes on both levels. In the network, both post-migration factors were negatively connected with overlapping symptoms of psychiatric disorders,Background:
Providing adequate living conditions for forcibly displaced people represents a significant challenge for host countries such as Germany. This study explores refugee mental health’s reciprocal, dynamic relationship with post-migration living conditions and social support.
Methods:
The study sample included 325 Arabic- or Farsi-speaking asylum seekers and refugees residing in Germany since 2014 and seeking mental health treatment. Associations between reported symptoms of post-traumatic stress and depression and the subjective quality of living conditions and perceived social support were analyzed using a two-level approach including multiple linear regression and network analyses.
Results:
Post-migration quality of living conditions and perceived social support were significantly associated with negative mental health outcomes on both levels. In the network, both post-migration factors were negatively connected with overlapping symptoms of psychiatric disorders, representing potential target symptoms for psychological treatment.
Conclusion:
Post-migration quality of living conditions and social support are important factors for refugee mental health and should be targeted by various actors fostering mental well-being and integration.…
MetadatenAuthor: | Laura Schilz, Solveig Kemna, Carine Karnouk, Kerem Böge, Nico Lindheimer, Lena Walther, Sara Mohamad, Amani Suboh, Alkomiet HasanORCiDGND, Edgar Höhne, Tobias Banaschewski, Paul Plener, Michael Strupf, Erik Hahn, Malek Bajbouj |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:384-opus4-1020317 |
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Frontdoor URL | https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/102031 |
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ISSN: | 0933-7954OPAC |
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ISSN: | 1433-9285OPAC |
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Parent Title (English): | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology |
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Publisher: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
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Place of publication: | Berlin |
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Type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
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Year of first Publication: | 2023 |
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Publishing Institution: | Universität Augsburg |
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Release Date: | 2023/02/15 |
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Tag: | Psychiatry and Mental health; Social Psychology; Health (social science); Epidemiology |
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Volume: | 58 |
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First Page: | 757 |
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Last Page: | 768 |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-022-02419-3 |
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Institutes: | Medizinische Fakultät |
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| Medizinische Fakultät / Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie |
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| Nachhaltigkeitsziele |
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| Nachhaltigkeitsziele / Ziel 10 - Weniger Ungleichheiten |
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Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
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Licence (German): | CC-BY 4.0: Creative Commons: Namensnennung (mit Print on Demand) |
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