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R @raphaelb.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

New open-access paper in BMJ Mental Health! 🎉 While 83% of the world's refugees are hosted in LMIC, most mental health studies focus on refugees in high-income countries. We conducted a representative survey of ~16,000 refugees and host populations in East Africa. We find...👉 t.co/lcPn3wIbzu

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Depression, violence and socioeconomic outcomes among refugees in East Africa: evidence from a multi...

Background Existing research on refugee mental health is heavily skewed towards refugees in high-income countries, even though most refugees (83%) are hosted in low-income and middle-income countries....

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R @raphaelb.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

Best team of coauthors: Julia Ruiz Pozuelo, Maria Flinder Stierna, and Olivier Sterck (This thread was first posted by Julia R Pozuelo on twitter/X in September 2023.)

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R @raphaelb.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

4️⃣ Mental health issues persist and accumulate with a lengthier duration of exile. ❗These findings underscore the importance of early screening of refugees upon arrival & the need for expanding treatment interventions to prevent a negative spiral of worsening outcomes over time.

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R @raphaelb.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

2️⃣ More than half of the sample was exposed to violence before fleeing, which was a significant predictor of mental illness and socioeconomic outcomes during exile. 3️⃣ Depression was associated with worse socioeconomic outcomes, including lower incomes and a less diverse diet.

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R @raphaelb.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

1️⃣ High prevalence of depressive symptoms (31%) and functional impairment (62%) among refugees. This prevalence was higher than that found among the host population living in the same contexts (10% for depression and 25% for functional impairment).

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R @raphaelb.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

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