@article {4706, title = {Comparing Trauma Exposure, Mental Health Needs, and Service Utilization Across Clinical Samples of Refugee, Immigrant, and U.S.-Origin Children}, journal = {J Trauma Stress}, volume = {30}, number = {3}, year = {2017}, note = {Betancourt, Theresa S
Newnham, Elizabeth A
Birman, Dina
Lee, Robert
Ellis, B Heidi
Layne, Christopher M
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K01 MH077246/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/
Comparative Study
2017/06/07 06:00
J Trauma Stress. 2017 Jun;30(3):209-218. doi: 10.1002/jts.22186. Epub 2017 Jun 6.}, month = {Jun}, pages = {209-218}, 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 0894-9867 (Linking)}, author = {Betancourt, T. S. and Newnham, E. A. and Birman, D. and Lee, R. and Ellis, B. H. and Layne, C. M.} }