Psychiatric symptoms and disorders among Yazidi children and adolescents immediately after forced migration following ISIS attacks


Ceri V., Ozlu-Erkilic Z., Ozer Ü., Yalcin M., Popow C., Akkaya-Kalayci T.

NEUROPSYCHIATRIE, vol.30, no.3, pp.145-150, 2016 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 30 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s40211-016-0195-9
  • Journal Name: NEUROPSYCHIATRIE
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.145-150
  • Keywords: Children and adolescents, Refugees, Yazidis, Psychiatric symptoms and disorders, Mental health, MENTAL-HEALTH PROBLEMS, POSTTRAUMATIC-STRESS-DISORDER, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS, BEHAVIORAL-PROBLEMS, REFUGEE CHILDREN, TURKISH IMMIGRANT, ASYLUM SEEKERS, RISK-FACTORS, WAR, ISTANBUL
  • Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to evaluate psychiatric problems and disorders among Yazidi Kurd refugee children and adolescents, who were assessed immediately after their forced migration following life-threatening attacks by ISIS terrorists.