Bründlmayer Anselm, Sales Chloe, Zhang Ray, Pien Jennifer, Plener Paul Lukas, Laczkovics Clarissa, Schwarzenberg Julia
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA.
J Glob Health. 2025 Jun 13;15:04174. doi: 10.7189/jogh.15.04174.
Unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs) are a particularly vulnerable subgroup of refugees, frequently exhibiting high levels of distress and a wide range of trauma-related symptoms. They are at risk of poor mental health outcomes such as developing complex posttraumatic stress disorder, an emergent mental disorder associated with re-experiencing, hyperarousal, and avoidance of trauma-related stimuli.
We conducted a qualitative analysis of interviews with 28 unaccompanied refugee minors from African countries residing in Austria.
Three main strands of narrative focus were identified: war-related experiences, present experiences in the new home country, and different coping strategies.
The results of this study suggest that URM narratives are highly complex and that URM require supportive networks and psychotherapeutic care.
无人陪伴的难民未成年人是难民中特别脆弱的一个亚群体,经常表现出高度的痛苦和一系列与创伤相关的症状。他们面临心理健康状况不佳的风险,比如患上复杂性创伤后应激障碍,这是一种与再次体验、过度警觉以及回避与创伤相关刺激有关的新发精神障碍。
我们对居住在奥地利的28名来自非洲国家的无人陪伴难民未成年人进行了访谈,并进行了定性分析。
确定了三个主要的叙事焦点:与战争相关的经历、在新祖国的当前经历以及不同的应对策略。
本研究结果表明,无人陪伴难民未成年人的叙述非常复杂,他们需要支持网络和心理治疗护理。