Neuropsychiatrie
Volume 30, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 138-144

Alcohol- and substance abuse among mentally ill patients with migration background in Austria [Alkohol- und Drogenmissbrauch bei psychisch kranken PatientInnen mit Migrationshintergrund in Österreich] (Article) (Open Access)

Stompe T.* , Ritter K. , Holzer D. , Topitz A. , Wenzel T.
  • a Klinische Abteilung für Sozialpsychiatrie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18–20, Wien, 1090, Austria
  • b Institut für Transkulturelle Psychiatrie und Migrationsforschung, Wien, 1130, Austria
  • c Klinische Abteilung für Biologische Psychiatrie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien, Wien, Austria
  • d Klinische Abteilung für Sozialpsychiatrie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18–20, Wien, 1090, Austria
  • e Klinische Abteilung für Sozialpsychiatrie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18–20, Wien, 1090, Austria

Abstract

The refugee movements of the recent years are confronting the health care with new challenges. However, it has turned out that in Austria data on the mental health of migrants are nearly not available. Especially data on the frequency and patterns of comorbid substance abuse of migrants with mental disorders do not exist even from international studies. We analyzed data from 1819 patients (1726 first generation, 93 second generation) treated in the outpatient clinic for transcultural psychiatry and migration related disorders at the Vienna General Hospital: In first-generation migrants the cultural and religious background of the region of origin has the greatest impact on the frequency and the patterns of misused substances. In second-generation migrants the consumer habits approximate to those of the majority of the society. The primary diagnosis plays a minor role. Only patients with personality disorders exhibit higher rates of illicit substance compared with other diagnoses. © 2016, The Author(s).

Author Keywords

Region of origin Comorbid substance abuse Migration Mental disorders

Index Keywords

general hospital refugee Ethnopsychology cultural psychology human comorbidity middle aged statistics and numerical data comparative study Substance-Related Disorders alcohol Aged substance abuse alcoholism Austria ethnology Cross-Sectional Studies mental disease Young Adult cross-sectional study migrant mental patient Cross-Cultural Comparison psychology Humans male Emigrants and Immigrants female Ambulatory Care Facilities outpatient department cultural factor Mentally Ill Persons cultural psychiatry Article major clinical study adult migration alcohol abuse public health National Health Programs
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84988945031&doi=10.1007%2fs40211-016-0192-z&partnerID=40&md5=88f46a5301cef77f0153f9ec8747df5f
DOI: 10.1007/s40211-016-0192-z
ISSN: 09486259
Original Language: German