A review of adolescent autobiographical memory and the implications for assessment of unaccompanied minors’ refugee determinations

A review of adolescents' autobiographical memory as pertinent to the assessment of protection claims.

Given-Wilson, Z., Hodes, M. & Herlihy, J. A review of adolescent autobiographical memory and the implications for assessment of unaccompanied minors’ refugee determinations. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry https://doi.org/10.1177/1359104517748697

A review, in Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry describing what can be reasonably expected of an adolescent’s autobiographical memory generally, implications for unaccompanied asylum seeking children, and implications for commonly used credibility indicators in refugee status determinations for minors.