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      Psychiatric symptoms and disorders among Yazidi children and adolescents immediately after forced migration following ISIS attacks Translated title: Psychiatrische Symptome und Störungen bei jesidischen Kindern und Jugendlichen unmittelbar nach erzwungener Migration infolge von IS-Angriffen

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          Background

          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.

          Methods

          We retrospectively analyzed the psychiatric assessments of 38 Yazidi children and adolescents (age 2–18, mean 12 years, m:f = 16:22), which were performed upon their arrival at the refugee camp.

          Results

          All children and adolescents exhibited psychiatric problems and disorders, 50 % had one, and 50 % had more than one. The most relevant problems were disturbed sleeping (71 % of children), followed by depression (36.8 %), conversion disorders (28.9 %), adjustment (21.8 %), acute (18.4 %) and posttraumatic stress (PTSD, 10.5 %) disorders, and non-organic enuresis (18.4 %).

          Conclusion

          Our study confirms the results of previous studies, asserting that refugee children and adolescents do not just suffer from PTSD but from various other problems that are already present in the first days of resettlement. Children and adolescents living in refugee camps urgently need psychosocial support.

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          Hintergrund

          Das Ziel der vorliegenden Studie war es, psychische Probleme und Störungen bei jesidisch-kurdischen Flüchtlingskindern und Jugendlichen, die unmittelbar nach erzwungener Migration aufgrund von lebensbedrohlichen Angriffen der IS-Terroristen untersucht wurden, zu erfassen.

          Methode

          Die Autoren haben die psychiatrischen Diagnosen von 38 jesidischen Kindern und Jugendlichen (im Alter von 2 bis 18 Jahren, Altersdurchschnitt: 12 Jahre, 16 männlich, 22 weiblich), welche bei ihrer Ankunft im Flüchtlingslager durchgeführt wurden, retrospektiv analysiert.

          Ergebnisse

          Alle Kinder und Jugendlichen zeigten psychische Probleme und Störungen, wobei 50 % eine und 50 % mehr als eine Störung zeigten. Die wichtigsten Probleme waren Durchschlafstörungen (71 % der Kinder), gefolgt von Depression (36,8 %), Konversionsstörungen (28,9 %), Anpassungsstörung (21,8 %), akute (18,4 %) und posttraumatische Belastungsstörung (PTBS, 10,5 %) und nichtorganische Enuresis (18,4 %).

          Schlussfolgerung

          Unsere Studie bestätigt die Ergebnisse früherer Studien, dass Flüchtlingskinder und Jugendliche nicht nur an PTBS leiden, sondern auch an verschiedenen anderen Problemen, die bereits in den ersten Tagen ihrer Unterbringung präsent sind. Kinder und Jugendliche, die in den Flüchtlingslagern leben, brauchen dringend psychosoziale Unterstützung.

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                Contributors
                +43-1-4040030110 , +43-1-4040027930 , tuerkan.akkaya-kalayci@meduniwien.ac.at
                Journal
                Neuropsychiatr
                Neuropsychiatr
                Neuropsychiatrie
                Springer Vienna (Vienna )
                0948-6259
                15 September 2016
                15 September 2016
                2016
                : 30
                : 3
                : 145-150
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Pendik Training and Research Hospital, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical School of Marmara University, Fevzi Cakmak Mahallesi Mimar Sinan Caddesi No. 41, Üst Kaynarca, Pendik, Istanbul, Turkey
                [2 ]Outpatient Clinic of Transcultural Psychiatry and Migration Induced Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18–20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
                [3 ]Mazhar Osman Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatry and Neurology, Zuhuratbaba Mah.Dr.Tevfik Sağlam Cad. No:25/2, 34147 Bakırköy/İstanbul, Turkey
                [4 ]Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Gazi Yasargil Education and Research Hospital of Diyarbakir, Üçkuyu Mh, 21010 Kayapınar/Diyarbakır, Turkey
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                10.1007/s40211-016-0195-9
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                © The Author(s) 2016

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                : 23 August 2016
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                children and adolescents,refugees,yazidis,psychiatric symptoms and disorders,mental health,kinder und jugendliche,flüchtlinge,jesiden,psychiatrische symptome und störungen,psychische gesundheit

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