MENTAL HEALTH OF SYRIAN REFUGEE ADOLESCENTS: HOW FAR HAVE WE COME?

• Published in: Journal of adolescent health Vol. 66; no. 2S; p. S23
• Main Authors: Akgül, Sinem, Raman, Şenel Hüsnü, Derman, Orhan, Özmert, Elif Nursel, Bideci, Aysun, Hasanoğlu, Enver
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier BV 01.02.2020
• Subjects: Adolescent girls; Anxiety; Bilingualism; Camps; Conversion; Displaced persons; Gender differences; Health status; Hostility; Intervention; Living conditions; Mental depression; Mental health; Mental health care; Political crises; Post traumatic stress disorder; Psychiatric symptoms; Psychopathology; Quality of life; Self concept; Severity; Somatization; Symptoms; Teenagers; Syria

Purpose: The political crisis in Syria and instability has resulted in Syrians fleeing to neighboring countries. Turkey currently holds the largest refugee population in the world. In order to shelter these displaced people, temporary accommodation centers (TACs) have been established in Turkey, esp...