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Migration and mental health
Abstract
Objective: Migration and its accompanying stressors affect migrating individuals and their families. The process of migration is not simple or straightforward. The aim of this review is to distil existing information on how migration influences individuals’ mental state and how it determines help seeking as well as pathways to care. Method: The review relies on published studies in both MEDLINE and non‐MEDLINE journals as well as relevant monographs. The search was employed using migration, ethnic communities, stress and other relevant words for purposes of the review. Results: The review provides a background on the typology of migration, its impact on communities as well as individuals. Furthermore, the relationship of mental illness to migration is explored and described. Future research plans are advocated in relationship with these findings. Conclusion: Migration is and can be a very stress‐inducing phenomenon. Yet not all migrants go through the same process. The clinician needs to be aware of coping strategies as well as resilience among migrants.
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“Yet, the level and type of, and response to, migratory stress varies with, among other factors, individual characteristics, the circumstances of migration and the welcoming in the new country [1].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bhugra, D.
- Affiliations
- King's College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Bhugra, D.
- ORCID
- Bhugra, D.
- Venue
- Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2004-03-03
- Volume
- 109
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 243-258
- ISSN
- 0001-690X (ISSN-L)
- 1600-0447
- OpenAlex
- W1965955279
- Cited by
- 1,196
- References
- 103
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Identity, and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Keywords
- migration, mental health, mental illness, migration stress, help-seeking, pathways to care, ethnic communities, coping strategies, resilience
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Mental Disorders, Culture, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity, Female, Humans, Language, Male, Mental Health Services, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Social Support, Stress, Psychological
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