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It is time to think about refugees’ mental health: The case of Dzaleka Refugee Camp - Malawi

2022; Elsevier BV; Volume: 317; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114783

1872-7123

Rodolfo Furlan Damiano, Sophia Aguiar Monteiro Borges, Renato Lara Jarreta, Renner Augusto Raposo Pereira, Giancarlo Lucchetti,

Employment and Welfare Studies

Refugees are individuals who live outside of their country and are at increased risk of mental health problems. Even though many papers assessed Refugees' mental health, few intended to evaluate in remote areas, such as refugee camps. On this study we assessed 102 individuals who lives in the Dzaleka Refugee Camp - Malawi. We found 78% of individuals with probable depression, 53% with thoughts about death, 25.5% with suicidal plans, and 15% reporting having attempted suicide in the 12 months prior to the assessment. This data points out to an urgent political mobilization to promote mental health to this vulnerable population.