The study results show that both local and trans-local "kinship" ties have positive effects on migrants' mental health, whereas participation in organisation or activities have negative effects. In addition, new-generation migrants were found to have relatively poor mental health, being more easily ...
Migrants need better mental health care.Migrants need better mental health care.Focuses on the psychiatric problems of migrants in Europe. Problems in the adoption of the European culture; Impact of the problems on the education of second generation immigrants; Increase in drug and alcohol misuse.An...
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Dr. Rose-Clarke said, "Migration represents a major life transition that may benefit mental health and well-being among some migrant and refugee groups. Yet, for other groups, migration may adversely affect mental health—refugees and migrants may be at an increased risk of anxiety, depression, ...
Hidden Meanings of Health Security: Migration Experiences and Systemic Barriers to Mental Well-Being among Non-status Migrants in Canada The aim of this qualitative pilot study was to explore non-status immigrants' experiences and the psychosocial impact of living without legal status. In-de... Sim...
Our study demonstrates that among sub-Saharan African migrants, mental health is related to the migratory path and the migrant’s situation in the host country but differently for women and men. Among women, anxiety and depressive symptoms were strongly related to having left one’s home country...
The purpose of this guidance is to review currently available evidence on mental health problems in migrants and to present advice to clinicians and policy makers on how to provide migrants with appropriate and accessible mental health services. The three phases of the process of migration and the...
An analysis of all first admissions to hospitals and out-patient clinics of the Mental Health Department, Victoria, Australia, revealed that some psychiatric disorders, mainly schizophrenic states, occured much more frequently in non-British immigrants, especially in those from Eastern Europe, than in...
We examine mental health among South Asians living in the UK, framed within a multilevel conceptual model of health reflecting an interplay of biological and environmental risks over the course of life. We highlight epidemiological differences in the occ
Mental health in Singapore: a quiet revolution? This system puts people with mental illness at a disadvantage and results in disparity of medical coverage. The causes of most mental illnesses like autism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder are still unknown, ... C Siow-...