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Title: Political violence, family stress and mental health of refugee children in exile.
Author: Hjern A, Angel B, Jeppson O.
Abstract:
The mental health of 63 refugee children, with a mean age of 5.9 years, from Chile and the Middle East, were studied during the first 18 months of exile in Stockholm, Sweden. 46% of the children were rated as having poor mental health five months after re
Journal: Scand J Soc Med. 1998 Mar;26(1):18-25.