• Scand J Soc Med · Mar 1998

    Political violence, family stress and mental health of refugee children in exile.

    • A Hjern, B Angel, and O Jeppson.
    • Department of Pediatrics, Huddinge University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
    • Scand J Soc Med. 1998 Mar 1; 26 (1): 18-25.

    AbstractThe mental health of 63 refugee children, with a mean age of 5.9 years, from Chile and the Middle East, were studied during the first 18 months of exile in Stockholm, Sweden. 46% of the children were rated as having poor mental health five months after resettlement in symptom interviews with parents based on the structured questionnaire developed by Cederblad, and 44% thirteen months later. Political violence in the home country and stress in the family sphere in exile were identified as the major determinants of poor mental health in this context.

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