Heated discussion continues around the United States immigration crisis as the number of families apprehended at the US-Mexico border rises. In one month over 2,300 children were separated from their parent or guardian and put into US migrant children shelters, with an average shelter stay of 56 days*.
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The Mental Health Plight of Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children in Detention
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Epigenetic Alterations Associated with War Trauma and Childhood Maltreatment
Behavioral Sciences & the Law
Maternal Separation Affects Expression of Stress Response Genes and Increases Vulnerability to Ethanol Consumption
Brain and Behaviour
Food, Shelter and Half a Chance: Assessing the Needs of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children
Child & Family Social Work
Peer Problems Among Postinstitutionalized, Internationally Adopted Children: Relations to Hypocortisolism, Parenting Quality, and ADHD Symptoms
Child Development
Childhood Maltreatment and Early Developmental Vulnerabilities at Age 5 Years
Child Development
Family Instability and Young Children's School Adjustment: Callousness and Negative Internal Representations as Mediators
Child Development
The War Experiences and Psychosocial Development of Children in Lebanon
Child Development
Psychological Distress and Mental Health Service Contact of Unaccompanied Asylum‐Seeking Children
Child:Care, Health & Development
A Socio‐interpersonal Perspective on PTSD: The Case for Environments and Interpersonal Processes
Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
"Packages" of Risk Implications for Determining the Effect of Maternal Incarceration on Child Wellbeing
Criminology and Public Policy
Outcomes of Early Parent‐Child Adrenocortical Attunement in the High‐Risk Offspring of Depressed Parents
Developmental Psychobiology
Children's Neural Processing of Moral Scenarios Provides Insight into the Formation and Reduction of In‐Group Biases
Developmental Science
Sufren Los Niños*: Exploring the Impact of Unauthorized Immigration Status on Children's Well‐Being*
Family Court Review
Maternal Self-Reported Depressive Symptoms and Matenral Cortisol Levels Interact to Predict Infant Cortisol Levels
Infant Mental Health Journal
The Psychological Effects of Political and Domestic Violence on Central American and Mexican Immigrant Mothers and Children
Journal of Community Psychology
Estamos Traumados: The Effect of Anti-Immigrant Sentiment and Policies on the Mental Health of Mexican Immigrant Families
Journal of Community Psychology
Impact of Trauma Exposure and Acculturative Stress on Internalizing Symptoms for Recently Arrived Migrant‐Origin Youth: Results from a Community‐Based Partnership
Journal of Community Psychology
Beyond Orphanhood: Parental Nonresidence and Child Well‐being in Tanzania
Journal of Marriage and Family
Emotional Processing in the First 2 Years of Life: A Review of Near‐Infrared Spectroscopy Studies
Journal of Neuroimaging
Neural Correlates of the Mother‐to‐Infant Social Transmission of Fear
Journal of Neuroscience Research
Psychometric Properties of the Child PTSD Symptom Scale in Latino Children
Journal of Traumatic Stress
“One Scar Too Many:” The Associations Between Traumatic Events and Psychological Distress Among Undocumented Mexican Immigrants
Journal of Traumatic Stress
The Refugee Crisis and the Rights of Children: Perspectives on Community‐Based Resettlement Programs
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
Nurturing Care for Young Children Under Conditions of Fragility and Conflict
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
Integrating Early Child Development and Violence Prevention Programs: A Systematic Review
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
Anxiety, Immigration, and the Search for Information
Political Psychology
Maternal cognition Talk in the Mother–Toddler Dyad Mediates the Influence of Early Maternal Emotional Availability on Preschoolers' Belief Reasoning
Social Development
Instability in Parent–Child Coresidence and Adolescent Development in Urban South Africa
Studies in Family Planning
Does The Legalization of Undocumented Immigrants in the US Encourage Unauthorized Immigration from Mexico? An Empirical Analysis of the Moral Hazard of Legalization
International Migration
Affecting Lives: How Winning the US Diversity Visa Lottery Impacts DV Migrants Pre‐ and Post‐Migration
International Migration
Rethinking Urban Refugee Resettlement: A Case Study of One Karen Community in Rural Georgia, USA.
International Migration
Being a Therapist Doesn't Exclude You From Real Life”: Family Therapists’ Beliefs and Barriers to Political Action
Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
Family Contexts: Parental Experiences of Discrimination and Child Mental Health
American Journal of Community Psychology
‘We have education, I can say that’: Worldview and Access to Education for Adult Refugees
International Journal of Applied Linguistics
The Role of Shared Social Identity in Mutual Support Among Refugees of Conflict
Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology
Inclusive Victim Consciousness Predicts Minority Group Members’ Support for Refugees and Immigrants
Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Improving Children's Attitudes Toward Refugees: An Evaluation of a School‐Based Multicultural Curriculum and an Anti‐Racist Intervention
Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Who Are Our People? Toward a Christian Witness against Borders
Modern Theology
Attitudes Toward Immigration: The Role of Personal Predispositions
Political Psychology
The Backyard Politics of Attitudes Toward Immigration
Political Psychology
Social Dominance and the Cultural Politics of Immigration
Political Psychology
The Neglected Complexities of Refugee Fathers
Psychotheraphy & Politics International
How Wrong We Are
Significance
Refugees as Icons: Culture and Iconic Representation
Sociology Compass
Citizenship and Inequality in a Global Age
Sociology Compass
Special Section: Blessed Be The Ties: Health and Healthcare for Migrants and Migrant Families in the United States. Guest Editors: Daniel Ervin, Erin Hamilton, David López-Carr
International Migration
The Border Thickens: In‐Securing Communities after IRCA
International Migration
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Irregular Transmigrants’ Journeys and Mental Mapping Methodology
International Migration
From Private Practice to Academia: Integrating social and political advocacy into every MFT Identity
Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
The Effectiveness of Cultural Adjustment and Trauma Services (CATS): Generating Practice‐Based Evidence on a Comprehensive, School‐Based Mental Health Intervention for Immigrant Youth
American Journal of Community Psychology
Implementation Research for Early Childhood Development Programming in Humanitarian Contexts
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
The Quality of the Childrearing Environment of Refugee or Asylum‐Seeking Children and the Best Interests of the Child: Reliability and Validity of the BIC‐Q
Behavioral Sciences & the Law
Social Policy Report - The Biological Embedding of Child Abuse and Neglect Implications for Policy and Practice
Child Development
Does Undocumented Immigration Increase Violent Crime?*
Criminology
Immigration Enforcement, Policing, and Crime
Criminology & Public Policy
Forgotten Children of Immigration and Family Law: How The Absence of Legal Aid Affects Children in the United States
Family Court Review
The Evolving (Re)Categorisations of Refugees Throughout the “Refugee/Migrant Crisis”
Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology
International Migration and the Conduit Pipe Syndrome
Journal of Public Affairs
Unauthorized Status and Youth Development in the United States: Consensus Statement of the Society for Research on Adolescence
Journal of Research on Adolescence
Hannah Arendt and the Political Meaning of Human Dignity
Journal of Social Philosophy
Comparing Trauma Exposure, Mental Health Needs, and Service Utilization Across Clinical Samples of Refugee, Immigrant, and U.S.‐Origin Children
Journal of Traumatic Stress
Immigrant Children and Families and the Public Child Welfare System: Considerations for Legal Systems
Juvenile and Family Court Journal
Family Courts and Immigration Status
Juvenile and Family Court Journal
Juvenile Shackling Reform: The Judicial Role in Ensuring Trauma‐Informed Courts and Why States Are Rethinking Restraints
Juvenile and Family Court Journal
Immigrants to the United States and Adult Education Services
New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education
The Rights and Duties of Immigrants in Liberal Societies
Philosophy Compass
Social Issues, Authoritarianism, and Ideological Conceptualization: How Policy Dimensions and Psychological Factors Influence Ideological Labeling
Political Psychology
The State, Unauthorized Mexican Migration, and Vulnerability in the Workplace
Sociology Compass
Special Issue on the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity and Trauma
Clinical Psychology and Practice
The Caged Children Generation: When Governments Authorize the Practice of Child Maltreatment
Journal of Social Issues
Refugee Children and Their Parents
Journal of Traumatic Stress
SCRA’s Statement on the Effects of Deportation and Forced Separation on Immigrants, their Families, and Communities
American Journal of Community Psychology
Scientific Statement by ISDP and ICIS on U.S. Government Practice of Separating Migrant Children From Their Parents at the Border
International Society for Developmental Psychology and International Congress of Infant Studies
ISSOP Position Statement on Migrant Child Health
International Society for Social Pediatrics and Child Health
The Negative Effects of Separating Families at the U.S.-Mexico Border
National Council on Family Relations