Table 1 Key search terms and combination operators

Key search terms

Refugee: refugee, displaced persons, asylum seeker, stateless person, war survivor, conflict survivor, war victim, exile, OR uprooted person

Mental health: mental health, mental disorders, mental illness, psychiatric symptom, well-being, psychopathology, clinical or psychiatric or psychological outcome, psychiatric morbidity or disability, psychological morbidity or disability, adjustment problem, distress, psychological stress, posttraumatic stress, stress, PTSD, anxiety, depression, depressive disorder, traumatic reaction, psychological reactions OR psychiatric reactions

Long-term: chronic, enduring, prolonged, persistent, ongoing, continuing, longitudinal OR durable

Combination operators

Long-term refugee mental health: Refugee (all terms) AND mental health (all terms) AND long-term (all terms)