The mental health of adolescent refugees in the UK: Understanding the lived experiences of marginalisation, resilience and support in challenging soci

我的研究项目调查了英国青少年难民的心理健康，探索他们如何应对边缘化和支持的经历，并在具有挑战性的社会条件下建立韧性。与战争和避难有关的经历，包括暴力、家庭分离和系统性歧视，使青少年处于患抑郁症、焦虑症和创伤后应激障碍等心理健康障碍的高风险之中。然而，对于青少年难民如何经历与适应新的收容环境、融入新的文化以及在外国系统中获得社会支持和医疗服务相关的社会复杂性，人们的认识有限。我的研究项目将有助于填补这一知识空白。它将创新性地将参与性行动研究(PAR)与涉及不同样本的青少年难民的民族志结合起来。通过扩大难民青年的声音并使他们能够讲述自己的故事，我的研究揭示了他们面临的挑战、他们使用的生存策略以及他们在收容环境中生存、参与和茁壮成长所需的心理社会支持。这些见解将被用来改善青少年难民的福祉，并为地方和国家针对英国青少年难民的心理健康的政策和服务提供商提供信息。

My research project investigates the mental health ofadolescent refugees in the UK by exploring how theynavigate experiences of marginalization and support andbuild resilience in challenging social conditions. Theexperiences associated with war and refuge, includingviolence, family separation and systemic discrimination putadolescents at a high risk of developing mental healthdisorders such as depression, anxiety and post-traumaticstress disorder (PTSD). However, limited insight exists intohow adolescent refugees experience the socialcomplexities associated with adjusting to a new hostenvironment, assimilating into a new culture and accessingsocial support and health care services in a foreign system.My research project will help to fill this gap in knowledge. Itwill innovatively combine Participatory Action Research(PAR) with ethnography involving a diverse sample ofadolescent refugees. By amplifying their voices and byempowering refugee youth to tell their own story, myresearch brings into view the challenges they face, theresilience strategies they use, and the psychosocial supportthey need to survive, participate and thrive in their hostenvironment. These insights will be used to improveadolescent refugees' wellbeing and to inform local andnational policies and service providers targeting the mentalhealth of adolescent refugees in the UK.