Psychiatric Morbidity Among a School Sample of Syrian Refugee Children in Turkey: A Cross-Sectional, Semistructured, Standardized Interview-Based Study

J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2018 Sep;57(9):696-698.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2018.05.019.

Abstract

Now in its eighth year, the Syrian civil war has caused displacement of more than half the population before the war and is viewed as the single largest contributing factor to many of the worsening global trends of children living in areas affected by conflict.1.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Education / statistics & numerical data
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Interviews as Topic*
  • Male
  • Mood Disorders / epidemiology*
  • Refugees / statistics & numerical data*
  • Schools
  • Syria / ethnology
  • Turkey / epidemiology
  • Warfare / psychology