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Migrant adolescents' experience of depression as they, their parents, and their health-care professionals describe it: a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis.
- Source :
- European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry; Jan2024, Vol. 33 Issue 1, p1-19, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Migrant youth are vulnerable and face a risk of internalised disorders such as depression. This qualitative meta-synthesis explores migrant adolescents' experience of depression. 14 studies (7 qualitative studies and 7 case reports) were selected after a systematic search of PubMed, Embase, Scopus and PsycInfo. Their quality was assessed with the Critical Appraisal Tool (CASP) for qualitative studies and the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) checklist for case reports. The analysis identified six themes describing the experience of depression among migrant adolescents: (1) the vulnerability factors underlying depressive distress, before, during and after migration; (2) the subjective experience of depression, combining symptoms associated with a form of depression common in the West with symptoms more common in other cultures; (3) two types of aetiological hypotheses to make sense of their distress; (4) attitudes adopted in response to distress; (5) experience of care, especially reasons discouraging investment in care; and (6) impairment of identity construction by breaks in cultural transmission and intergenerational conflicts. The threat of losing their connections both at the interpersonal (connection to family, peers and community) and intrapsychic levels (construction of identity) is inherently linked to migrant adolescents' experience of depression. We propose to adapt Brandenberger's 3C model (communication, continuity of care, and confidence) for the care of young migrants to promote a therapeutic alliance, foster construction of a coherent bicultural identity, and support the family. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EMIGRATION & immigration & psychology
PARENT attitudes
META-synthesis
ONLINE information services
PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems
MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems
CONFIDENCE
ATTITUDES of medical personnel
SYSTEMATIC reviews
PSYCHOLOGICAL vulnerability
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
INTERGENERATIONAL relations
MIGRANT labor
GROUP identity
TRANSCULTURAL medical care
EXPERIENCE
PATIENTS' attitudes
QUALITATIVE research
CONTINUUM of care
PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
MENTAL depression
TEENAGERS' conduct of life
INTERPERSONAL relations
COMMUNICATION
MEDLINE
THEMATIC analysis
INTERNALIZING behavior
PSYCHOLOGICAL distress
CHILDREN
ADOLESCENCE
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10188827
- Volume :
- 33
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174972274
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-022-01971-2