Journal article
The mental health status of refugees and asylum seekers attending a refugee health clinic including comparisons with a matched sample of Australian-born residents
F Shawyer, JC Enticott, AA Block, IH Cheng, GN Meadows
BMC Psychiatry | BMC | Published : 2017
Abstract
Background: The aim of this study was to survey refugees and asylum-seekers attending a Refugee Health Service in Melbourne, Australia to estimate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders based on screening measures and with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) specifically highlighted. A secondary aim was to compare the prevalence findings with Australian-born matched comparators from the 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 135 refugees and asylum-seeker participants using instruments including Kessler-10 (K10) and PTSD-8 to obtain estimates of the prevalence of mental disorders. We also performed a comparative analysis usi..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This project was funded by the Monash Health Mental Health Program. The design of the study and collection of data was overseen by a steering committee which included the Executive Director of the Monash Health Mental Health Program and the Director of the Refugee Health Service; the latter also assisted in writing the manuscript.