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Volume 88, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 3-9

Diagnostics and initial estimation of refugee minors [Diagnostik und Ersteinschätzung bei minderjährigen Flüchtlingen] (Article)

Sukale T.* , Hertel C. , Möhler E. , Joas J. , Müller M. , Banaschewski T. , Schepker R. , Kölch M.G. , Fegert J.M. , Plener P.L.
  • a Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie/Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Steinhoevelstraße 5, Ulm, 89075, Germany
  • b SHG-Kliniken, Saarland-Heilstätten GmbH, Saarbrücken, Germany
  • c SHG-Kliniken, Saarland-Heilstätten GmbH, Saarbrücken, Germany
  • d SHG-Kliniken, Saarland-Heilstätten GmbH, Saarbrücken, Germany
  • e SHG-Kliniken, Saarland-Heilstätten GmbH, Saarbrücken, Germany
  • f Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters, Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, Mannheim, Germany
  • g Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Zentrum für Psychiatrie Südwürttemberg, Weissenau, Germany
  • h Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und -psychotherapie, Ruppiner Kliniken, Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg, Neuruppin, Germany
  • i Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie/Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Steinhoevelstraße 5, Ulm, 89075, Germany
  • j Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters, Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, Mannheim, Germany

Abstract

The number of underage refugees arriving in Germany has rapidly increased since 2015. Many of these children and adolescents have been and still are, exposed to a large number of stressful circumstances. The group of those helping refugee minors is heterogeneous with both volunteers and professional workers from the fields of child welfare and healthcare services. Easily applicable instruments to assess both burdens and resources are needed in order to plan appropriate interventions. This paper focuses on instruments for assessing the circumstances of refugee minors and includes pilot data of an online-based screening instrument to assess burdens and resources (providing online resource and trauma assessment for refugees, PORTA). Field application was tested by the staff of a clearing and preclearing institution with 33 cases and good practical feasibility was reported. Applying a simple to use screening instrument for refugee minors and their helpers, which is available in several languages creates the possibility of a shared definition of problems and solutions and is beneficial to helpers (e.g. volunteers, youth welfare services and medical doctors) as well as refugee minors. © 2016, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Author Keywords

Screening risk factors Trauma and stressor related disorders Volunteer workers Healthcare system

Index Keywords

Germany refugee mass screening human Refugees injury statistics and numerical data volunteer Minors Stress Disorders, Traumatic language procedures screening Humans psychology classification Adolescent Infant, Newborn male preschool child female Infant Child, Preschool newborn reproducibility Reproducibility of Results Child Welfare Psychometrics sensitivity and specificity psychometry Article diagnosis minor (person) online system translating (language) Translating personality assessment child care Child
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84995458911&doi=10.1007%2fs00115-016-0244-4&partnerID=40&md5=8ef2c3d082c557701632f7f142be7a4f
DOI: 10.1007/s00115-016-0244-4
ISSN: 00282804
Cited by: 4
Original Language: German