Managing Mental Health Problems Among Immigrant Women Attending Primary Health Care Services
Abstract
Researchers in Norway explore treatment options in primary care for immigrant women with mental health problems compared with nonimmigrant women. Three national registers were linked together for 2008. Immigrant women from Sweden, Poland, the Philippines, Thailand, Pakistan, and Russia were selected for analysis and compared with Norwegian women. Using logistic regression, we investigated whether treatment type varied by country of origin. Rates of sickness leave and psychiatric referrals were similar across all groups. Conversational therapy and use of antidepressants and anxiolytics were lower among Filipina, Thai, Pakistani, and Russian women than among Norwegians. Using the broad term "immigrants" masks important differences in treatment and health service use. By closely examining mental health treatment differences by country of origin, gaps in service provision and treatment uptake may be identified and addressed with more success.
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Recent research suggests that Filipinas are less likely to attend a GP for mental health problems, purchase psychotropic medication or engage in conversational therapy than Norwegian women are.
“Recent research suggests that Filipinas are less likely to attend a GP for mental health problems, purchase psychotropic medication or engage in conversational therapy than Norwegian women are [20].”
From A qualitative study of Filipina immigrants’ stress, distress and coping: the impact of their multiple, transnational roles as women (2017) · cites this paper as [20]
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- Authors
- Straiton, M. L., Powell, K., Reneflot, A., & Diaz, E.
- Affiliations
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NO)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Straiton, Melanie L.
- Venue
- Health Care for Women International
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2015-08-07
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 118-139
- ISSN
- 0739-9332 (ISSN-L)
- 1096-4665
- OpenAlex
- W2208286298
- Cited by
- 26
- References
- 55
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 5 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 1.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Health Care For Women International (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Identity, and Health
- Keywords
- immigrant women, mental illness, primary care, country of origin, treatment gap, antidepressants, anxiolytics, psychiatric referral, Philippines, Thailand, Pakistan, Russia
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Mental Disorders, Female, Humans, Mental Health, Mental Health Services, Norway, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Primary Health Care, Retrospective Studies, Population Groups, Emigrants and Immigrants, Cultural Competency, Healthcare Disparities
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