Initial findings from the youth charity's 18-month Minority Voices study found that young people lacked knowledge about mental health services or had negative perceptions of them.
Dr Cathy Street, the project's lead researcher, said: "A lot of young people are not accessing services until the problem is quite severe, or they don't know how to ask for help."
Street said young people were afraid of the stigma surrounding mental health services and often went to voluntary organisations.
"We found that young asylum seekers suffered from isolation, depression, bereavement and trauma, and although there are examples of good partnership work, the role of the voluntary sector needs to be put on a more secure footing," she added.
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