Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie
Volume 47, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 771-777

Immigrants are catching up in their access to and use of outpatient mental health services [Migranten in de ambulante ggz maken een inhaalslag] (Article)

Schrier A.C.* , Theunissen J.R. , Kempe P.T. , Beekman A.T.F.
  • a Zorgprogramma Stemmingsstoornissen en als Onderzoeker bij Altrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, GGZ Buitenamstel, Locatie Osdorpplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Afdeling Psychiatrie en Psychotheraphie, Tolsteegsingel 2a, 3582 AC Utrecht, Netherlands
  • b Preventie en Toegepast Onderzoek van GGZ Buitenamstel
  • c Preventie en Toegepast Onderzoek van GGZ Buitenamstel
  • d Afdeling Psychiatrie, VU Midisch Centrum GGZ Buitenamstel, Trimbos-Instituut, Utrecht, Netherlands

Abstract

So far little is known about the use that immigrants are making of the outpatient mental health services. We listed the demographic data, the principal diagnoses and the treatment characteristics of all patients being treated at an outpatient mental health clinic in Amsterdam and compared these data with data for the general population. First and second generation immigrants from Morocco, Turkey and Surinam were treated at this outpatient clinic, one and a half times as often as indigenous Dutch. There are clear differences between the population groups as far as the diagnoses are concerned. Dutch indigenous patients suffering from non-psychotic disorder are treated for longer period and are hospitalised more often. The results of this study show that increasingly immigrants are finding their way to the outpatients mental health services.

Author Keywords

Utilization immigrants Mental health care Epidemiology

Index Keywords

Netherlands Turkey (republic) health service major clinical study immigrant hospitalization outpatient mental health service demography Article Suriname human adult Morocco health care access psychosis
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ISSN: 03037339
Cited by: 10
Original Language: Dutch