Publications

Leiler, A., Meurling, J., Rondung, E., Shahnavaz, S., Andersson, G., & Bjärtå, A. (2024). Unrecognized Grief - Prevalence and Comorbidity of Prolonged Grief Among Refugees in Sweden. Journal of Migration and Health, 100274. Link to the article

Meurling, J., Rondung, E., Leiler, A., Wasteson, E., Andersson, G., Richards, D., Shahnavaz, S., & Bjärtå, A. (2023). An online tiered screening procedure to identify mental health problems among refugees. BMC psychiatry, 23(1), 1-12. Link to the article

Leiler, A., Wasteson, E., Zakrisson, I., & Bjärtå, A. (2021). Waiting for life to begin, wishing it would end: Suicidal ideation among newly arrived refugees. Intervention, 19, 215223. Link to the article

National Board of Health and Welfare (2021). Model for student health to pay attention to mental illness among newly arrived students in upper secondary school. An evaluation of using structured assessment support. Retrieved from: https://kunskapsguiden.se/aktuellt/ny-arbetsmodell-kan-hjalpa-elevhalsan-upptacka-psykisk-ohalsa-hos-nyanlanda-elever/

Rondung, E., Leiler, A., Sarkadi, A., Bjärtå, A., Lampa, E., Gupta Löfving, S., Calam, R., Oppedal, B., Keeshin, B., & Warner, G. (2021).  Feasibility of a randomised trial of Teaching Recovery Techniques (TRT) with refugee youth: results from a pilot of the Swedish Unaccompanied yOuth Refugee Trial (SUPpORT). Pilot Feasibility Stud 8, 40 (2022). Link to the article

Warner, G., Durbeej, N., Salari, R., Fängström, K., Lampa, E., Baghdasaryan, Z., Osman, F., Gupta Löfving, S., Perez Aronsson, A., Feldman, I., Sampaio, F., Ssegonja, R., Bjärtå, A., Rondung, E., Leiler, A., Wasteson E., Calam, R., Oppedal, B., Keeshin, B., & Sarkadi, A. (2020). Evaluation of the Teaching Recovery Techniques community-based intervention for accompanied refugee children experiencing post-traumatic stress symptoms (Accompanied refugeeS In Sweden Trial; ASsIST): study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 10(7), e035459. Link to the article

Leiler, A., Wasteson, E., Holmberg, J., & Bjärtå, A. (2020). A pilot study of a psychoeducational group intervention delivered at asylum accommodation centers – A mixed methods approach. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 8953. Link to the article  

Leiler, A., Hollifield, M., Wasteson, E., & Bjärtå, A. (2019). Suicidal ideation and severity of distress among refugees residing in asylum accommodations in Sweden.  International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(15), 2751. Link to the article

Bjärtå, A., Leiler, A., Wasteson, E., Meurling, J., & Ekdahl, J. (2019). Mapping and assessment of mental illness among refugees. Best Practice-Psychiatry/Neurology, March, 2019. Link to the article

Leiler, A., Bjärtå, A., Ekdahl J., & Wasteson, E. (2018). Mental Health and Quality of Life among Asylum Seekers and Refugees Living in Refugee Housing Facilities in Sweden. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 54, 543-551. Link to the article

Bjärtå, A., Leiler, A., Ekdahl, J., & Wasteson, E. (2018). Assessing severity of psychological distress among refugees, using the Refugee Health Screener, 13-item version. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 206, 834-839. Link to the article

Sarkadi, A., Bjärtå, A., Leiler, A., & Salari, R. (2019). Is the refugee health screener a useful tool when screening 14-18 year old refugee adolescents for emotional distress? Journal of Refugee Studies, 32 (special issue), 141-150. Link to the article

Sarkadi, A. et al. (2020). Evaluation of the Teaching Recovery Techniques community- based intervention for unaccompanied refugee youth experiencing post-traumatic stress symptoms (Swedish UnaccomPanied yOuth Refugee Trial; SUPpORT): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 21, Art no 63. Link to the article