Archivos de Psiquiatria
Volume 66, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 305-314

Psychopathological aspects of immigration [Patoplastia en inmigración] (Review)

Burguillo Prieto F. , Lozano M.D.C. , Saiz González D. , Botillo Martín C. , Quintero Gutierrez Del Alamo J. , Baca-García E.*
  • a M.I.R. de Psiquiatría, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Madrid, Spain
  • b M.I.R. de Psiquiatría, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Madrid, Spain
  • c M.I.R. de Psiquiatría, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Madrid, Spain
  • d M.I.R. de Psiquiatría, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Madrid, Spain
  • e Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  • f Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Abstract

One can clearly see in the center of Madrid (Centro and Arganzuela Districts) that Spain's immigrant population has grown very quickly in the past few years. This increase has an effect on psychiatry emergency and psychiatry hospitalization units, where more and more immigrants have been treated. It has been seen that immigrants with mental disorders show different clinical manifestations. We are particularly interested in a clinical syndrome that occurs especially in East European patients. The traditional school of Psychiatry called this syndrome «Immigration Psychosis». We review this syndrome, depicted in the clinical vignettes of four patients from East Europe.

Author Keywords

Psychosis Psychiatric emergency Immigration Psychiatric hospitalization

Index Keywords

male Spain female case report human immigrant Eastern Europe Review hospitalization mental health service psychological aspect mental disease immigration adult syndrome mental patient
Link
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ISSN: 15760367
Original Language: Spanish