Mental health of unaccompanied refugee minors in Europe: A systematic review.

Background: Nearly half of the refugee and asylum seeking population in Europe is under the age of 18, and many of these individuals are unaccompanied children and adolescents.

Objective: The aim of this systematic review is both to summarize findings regarding the prevalence of mental health disorders among unaccompanied refugee minors (URM) in European countries since the last available systematic review (October 2017), and to describe associated risk factors.

Methods: Five databases were systematically searched for articles published between October 1, 2017 and May 1, 2022.