Five cases of psychiatric disturbances in unaccompanied children who were refused political asylum are described. The children showed severe reactions with suicidal thoughts or psychosis, with a characteristic loss of perception of time during the long period of waiting for a decision. These children with severe reactions constituted a minority of the total who were refused asylum.

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refugee psychological aspect human Adolescent Psychiatry Refugees psychosis Humans Adolescent male case report female Psychotic Disorders Psychophysiologic Disorders child psychiatry Article migration posttraumatic stress disorder Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Emigration and Immigration psychosomatic disorder Suicide Child