title: [Diagnostics and initial estimation of refugee minors].
abstract: The number of underage refugees arriving in Germany has rapidly increased since 2015. Many of these children and adolescents have been and still are, exposed to a large number of stressful circumstances. The group of those helping refugee minors is heterogeneous with both volunteers and professional workers from the fields of child welfare and healthcare services. Easily applicable instruments to assess both burdens and resources are needed in order to plan appropriate interventions. This paper focuses on instruments for assessing the circumstances of refugee minors and includes pilot data of an online-based screening instrument to assess burdens and resources (providing online resource and trauma assessment for refugees, PORTA). Field application was tested by the staff of a clearing and preclearing institution with 33 cases and good practical feasibility was reported. Applying a simple to use screening instrument for refugee minors and their helpers, which is available in several languages creates the possibility of a shared definition of problems and solutions and is beneficial to helpers (e.g. volunteers, youth welfare services and medical doctors) as well as refugee minors.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie/Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Steinhoevelstraße 5, 89075, Ulm, Deutschland. thorsten.sukale@uniklinik-ulm.de.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sukale
authors.affiliation: SHG-Kliniken, Saarland-Heilstätten GmbH, Saarbrücken, Deutschland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hertel
authors.affiliation: SHG-Kliniken, Saarland-Heilstätten GmbH, Saarbrücken, Deutschland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Möhler
authors.affiliation: SHG-Kliniken, Saarland-Heilstätten GmbH, Saarbrücken, Deutschland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Joas
authors.affiliation: SHG-Kliniken, Saarland-Heilstätten GmbH, Saarbrücken, Deutschland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters, Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, Mannheim, Deutschland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Banaschewski
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Zentrum für Psychiatrie Südwürttemberg, Weissenau, Deutschland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schepker
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und -psychotherapie, Ruppiner Kliniken, Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg, Neuruppin, Deutschland.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Kölch
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie/Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Steinhoevelstraße 5, 89075, Ulm, Deutschland.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fegert
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters, Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, Mannheim, Deutschland.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Plener
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D033242:Minors / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D012036:Refugees / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D040921:Stress Disorders, Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D014175:Translating
keywords: Healthcare system; Risk factors; Screening; Trauma and stressor related disorders; Volunteer workers