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

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

MENTAL HEALTH CARE	UMC	AMC
MENTAL HEALTH CARE	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)
Other^a	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)

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

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