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    Comparing trauma exposure, mental health needs and service utilization across clinical samples of refugee, immigrant, and non-immigrant and U.S.-Origin Children

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    Betancourt, T.
    Samson, Elizabeth
    Birman, D.
    Lee, R.
    Ellis, H.
    Layne, C.
    Date
    2017
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Betancourt, T. and Samson, E. and Birman, D. and Lee, R. and Ellis, H. and Layne, C. 2017. Comparing trauma exposure, mental health needs and service utilization across clinical samples of refugee, immigrant, and non-immigrant and U.S.-Origin Children. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 30 (3): pp. 209-218.
    Source Title
    Journal of Traumatic Stress
    DOI
    10.1002/jts.22186
    ISSN
    0894-9867
    School
    School of Psychology and Speech Pathology
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56864
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Most mental health services for trauma-exposed children and adolescents were not originally developed for refugees. Information is needed to help clinicians design services to address the consequences of trauma in refugee populations. We compared trauma exposure, psychological distress, and mental health service utilization among children and adolescents of refugee-origin, immigrant-origin, and U.S.-origin referred for assessment and treatment by U.S. providers in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). We used propensity score matching to compare trauma profiles, mental health needs, and service use across three groups. Our sample comprised refugee-origin youth (n = 60, 48.3% female, mean age = 13.07 years) and propensity-matched samples of immigrant-origin youth (n = 143, 60.8% female, mean age = 13.26 years), and U.S.-origin youth (n = 140, 56.1% female, mean age = 12.11 years). On average, there were significantly more types of trauma exposure among refugee youth than either U.S.-origin youth (p < .001) or immigrant youth (p ≤ .001). Compared with U.S.-origin youth, refugee youth had higher rates of community violence exposure, dissociative symptoms, traumatic grief, somatization, and phobic disorder. In contrast, the refugee group had comparably lower rates of substance abuse and oppositional defiant disorder (ps ranging from .030 to < .001).This clinic-referred sample of refugee-origin youth presented with distinct patterns of trauma exposure, distress symptoms, and service needs that merit consideration in services planning.

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