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Communication Dans Un Congrès Année : 2023

Children of jihadists : a medical framework for returnees in France

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In March, 2017, the French Government established a unique framework to assess the medical and psychological state of children coming to France from the operation zones of terrorist groups. The children mainly arrive with only their mother; however, we are also seeing an increasing number of children return alone because their families have died or become incarcerated. On arrival, the children are immediately separated from their parents and entrusted to child welfare, and their parents are taken into custody and are usually held in detention. Within 3 months of arrival, a medical assessment is done, and a psychological assessment is done. We have found children to have post-traumatic stress disorder, attachment disorders, developmental delays, dissociative episodes, depression, anxiety, and eating and sleeping disorders. Improving the medical and psychological health of these children presents numerous challenges. First, children need to be given time to build a trust-based relationship with caregivers and the mental health professionals. Second, psychotherapeutic treatment is needed, but therapists have no access to the primary caregivers or the children’s anamnesis. Third, it is important to determine who will ensure the children are informed about their own life story. Fourth, how professionals will help these children return to ordinary life needs to be considered. Fifth, continuity of care is required so that once the children return to their family, someone will be responsible for the follow-up care of these children. These challenges need to be addressed urgently.
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hal-04148115 , version 1 (02-07-2023)

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Nicolas Bosc, Alessandra Mapelli, Maurween Veyret-Morau, Leila Ferault, Romy Presa, et al.. Children of jihadists : a medical framework for returnees in France. 20th International Congress of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Jun 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark. ⟨hal-04148115⟩
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