School-based mental health for Asian American immigrant youth: Perceptions and recommendations.

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prerna G. Arora ◽  
Alexa Algios
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Immigrant Youth ◽  
School Based ◽  
American Immigrant ◽  
Youth Perceptions

scholarly journals Cultural Adaptation, Parenting and Child Mental Health Among English Speaking Asian American Immigrant Families

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 572-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keng-Yen Huang ◽  
Esther Calzada ◽  
Sabrina Cheng ◽  
R. Gabriela Barajas-Gonzalez ◽  
Laurie Miller Brotman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Child Mental Health ◽  
Immigrant Families ◽  
American Immigrant ◽  
English Speaking

scholarly journals Symptoms of PTSD and Depression among Central American Immigrant Youth

Trauma Care ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-118
Author(s):  
Ernesto Castañeda ◽  
Daniel Jenks ◽  
Jessica Chaikof ◽  
Carina Cione ◽  
SteVon Felton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Immigrant Youth ◽  
The United States ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
Central American ◽  
Symptom Scale ◽  
Before And After ◽  
American Immigrant ◽  
Child Ptsd ◽  
The U.S

The aim of this paper is to explore the mental health challenges that Central American immigrant youth face before and after arriving in the United States. This population is hard to reach, marginalized, and disproportionately exposed to trauma from a young age. This paper investigates the mental health stressors experienced by Central American immigrant youth and asylum seekers, including unaccompanied minors, surveyed in the U.S. in 2017. This mixed methods study uses qualitative data from interviews along with close-ended questions and the validated PHQ-8 Questionnaire and the Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS). These new migrants face numerous challenges to mental health, increased psychopathological risk exacerbated by high levels of violence and low state-capacity in their countries of origin, restrictive immigration policies, the fear of deportation for themselves and their family members, and the pressure to integrate once in the U.S. We find that Central American youth have seen improvements in their self-reported mental health after migrating to the U.S., but remain at risk of further trauma exposure, depression, and PTSD. We find that they exhibit a disproportionate likelihood of having lived through traumatizing experiences that put them at higher risk for psychological distress and disorders that may create obstacles to integration. These can, in turn, create new stressors that exacerbate PTSD, depression, and anxiety. These conditions can be minimized through programs that aid immigrant integration and mental health.

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