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Cox proportional hazard models were used to examine the association between neighborhood disadvantage and risk of psychiatric disorders, adjusting for relevant baseline covariates.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Exposures<\/jats:title>A neighborhood disadvantage index combining information on levels of income, education, unemployment, and welfare assistance in the refugees\u2019 initial quasi-randomly assigned neighborhood.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>First-time inpatient or outpatient diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder before age 30 years.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>Median (IQR) baseline age in the sample of 18\u202f709 refugee children and adolescents was 7.9 (4.7-11.7) years; 8781 participants (46.9%) were female and 9928 (53.1%) were male. During a median (IQR) follow-up period of 16.1 (10.2-20.8) years, 1448 refugees (7.7%) were diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder (incidence rate, 51.2 per 10\u202f000 person-years). 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