Unaccompanied Refugee Minors’ Perception of CAMHS

Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH)

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.21154
In this podcast, we are joined by Dr. Gwladys Demazure, a clinical psychologist and recent PhD graduate in clinical psychology and psychopathology from the University of Grenoble-Alpes, France.
Gwladys is the first author of the CAMH Review article, ‘Unaccompanied Refugee Minors’ Perception of Mental Health Services and Professionals – A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies’ (doi.org/10.1111/camh.12486), which is the focus of today’s podcast.
Gwladys begins by giving us a brief overview of the paper, shares insight into what they looked at in this review and explains why it is so important to explore unaccompanied refugee minors’ experiences.
Gwladys comments on the methodology used for the review, before turning to the main findings, including that unaccompanied refugee minors often don’t trust mental health professionals, nor do they have a clear perception of what they do.
Gwladys then explores what CAMH professionals should be doing and thinking about based off these findings and shares insight into whether her review highlighted any types of interventions that were valued by unaccompanied refugee minors.
Furthermore, Gwladys shares what her message is to mental health professionals about how they might adapt their practice to better meet the needs of unaccompanied refugee minors.