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Psychosocial problems in traumatized refugee families: overview of risks and some recommendations for support services

Overview of attention for article published in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, January 2018
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#29 of 662)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (95th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (88th percentile)

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Title
Psychosocial problems in traumatized refugee families: overview of risks and some recommendations for support services
Published in
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, January 2018
DOI 10.1186/s13034-017-0210-3
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Authors

J. M. Fegert, C. Diehl, B. Leyendecker, K. Hahlweg, V. Prayon-Blum, the Scientific Advisory Council of the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth

Abstract

This article is an abridged version of a report by an advisory council to the German government on the psychosocial problems facing refugee families from war zones who have settled in Germany. It omits the detailed information contained in the report about matters that are specific to the German health system and asylum laws, and includes just those insights and strategies that may be applicable to assisting refugees in other host countries as well. The focus is on understanding the developmental risks faced by refugee children when they or family members are suffering from trauma-related psychological disorders, and on identifying measures that can be taken to address these risks. The following recommendations are made: recognizing the high level of psychosocial problems present in these families, providing family-friendly living accommodations, teaching positive parenting skills, initiating culture-sensitive interventions, establishing training programs to support those who work with refugees, expanding the availability of trained interpreters, facilitating access to education and health care, and identifying intervention requirements through screening and other measures.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 234 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 41 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 26 11%
Researcher 23 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 18 8%
Student > Bachelor 18 8%
Other 33 14%
Unknown 75 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 53 23%
Social Sciences 27 12%
Nursing and Health Professions 24 10%
Medicine and Dentistry 15 6%
Unspecified 6 3%
Other 27 12%
Unknown 82 35%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 43. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 February 2020.
All research outputs
#821,543
of 23,016,919 outputs
Outputs from Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
#29
of 662 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#21,152
of 443,312 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
#3
of 27 outputs
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