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Table 2 Demographic and mental health characteristics of unaccompanied and accompanied migrant children treated at the Mental health department of Belgrade clinic, from January 2018 to January 2019

From: Migrant children in transit: health profile and social needs of unaccompanied and accompanied children visiting the MSF clinic in Belgrade, Serbia

MENTAL HEALTH CARE

UMC

AMC

N (%)

N (%)

SEX

45 (100)

21 (100)

 Male

44 (98)

14 (67)

 Female

1 (2)

7 (33)

AGE Median (IQR)

16 (15–17)

15 (11–16.5)

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

 Afghanistan

38 (84)

12 (57)

 Pakistan

5 (11)

0

 Iran

1 (2)

7 (33)

 Bangladesh

1 (2)

0

 Palestine

0

1 (5)

 North Africa

0

1 (5)

TRIP DURATION in months Median (IQR)

21 (16–28)

27 (17–52)

MAJOR CATEGORY OF MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS

 Anxiety

10 (22)

5 (24)

 Adjustment

8 (18)

2 (10)

 Depression

5 (11)

4 (19)

 Othera

5 (11)

1 (5)

 Psychosomatic

5 (1)

0

 Post-traumatic stress disorder

2 (4)

2 (10)

 Behavioral

1 (2)

5 (24)

 Mixed anxiety and depression

1 (2)

0

 No mental health symptoms

7 (16)

2 (10)

Victims of torture

4 (9)

3 (14)

Victims of sexual and gender-based violence

2 (4)

2 (9)

  1. asexual problems, self-harm, physical violence survivor, previous diagnosis of mental illness (borderline personality, bipolar disorder) etc.