Separation and not residency permit restores function in resignation syndrome: a retrospective cohort study.

Despite poor treatment results, a family-oriented approach and the securing of residency have been deemed essential to recovery from resignation syndrome (RS). In a retrospective cohort study, we evaluated an alternative method involving environmental therapy, with patients separated from their parents, while actively abstaining from involving the asylum process in treatment. We examined medical records, social services acts, and residential care home acts from 13 individuals treated at Solsidan residential care home between 2005 and 2020.

[The asylum seeking process a breeding ground for apathy among certain children. A negative answer concerning the residence permit is often a triggering factor].

In this study, 124 of 1,299 children from asylum seeking families living in northern Sweden required psychiatric help. Compared to Swedish children a larger proportion seeks psychiatric help. In the last few years more children seeking asylum have had severe generalised losses of functions and need help with activity of daily life.