BeLue Rhonda, Barnes Alicia, Manu Sunita, Luckett Camille, Adam Balkozar
Department of Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health and Social Justice, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri, USA.
Health Equity. 2021 May 13;5(1):306-309. doi: 10.1089/heq.2020.0117. eCollection 2021.
The arrival of sub-Saharan African immigrants and refugees (AIRs) to the United States has been steadily increasing for the past several decades. Not only are AIR adolescents directly affected by previous migration processes, but they are also impacted by stress and the mental health of their parents, even if they were born in the United States to immigrant/refugee parents. Immigrant and refugee parents concerned with their child's behavior and emotions should be evaluated by a qualified mental health professional, including licensed counselors, psychologists, and child and adolescent psychiatrists. However, access to culturally responsive psychiatric care for youth is limited. African adolescents are additionally burdened by their own acculturation process, balancing multiple cultural expectations as well as feelings of social isolation resulting from perceived racism and discrimination.
在过去几十年里，撒哈拉以南非洲移民和难民（AIRs）抵达美国的人数一直在稳步增加。AIR青少年不仅直接受到先前移民过程的影响，还受到父母压力和心理健康的影响，即使他们出生在美国，父母是移民或难民。关注孩子行为和情绪的移民和难民父母应该由合格的心理健康专业人员进行评估，包括持牌咨询师、心理学家以及儿童和青少年精神病医生。然而，青少年获得具有文化适应性的精神科护理的机会有限。非洲青少年还因自身的文化适应过程而负担沉重，他们要平衡多种文化期望以及因感知到的种族主义和歧视而产生的社会孤立感。
