World Psychiatry
Volume 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-10

WPA guidance on mental health and mental health care in migrants (Review)

Bhugra D.* , Gupta S. , Bhui K. , Craig T. , Dogra N. , Ingleby J.D. , Kirkbride J. , Moussaoui D. , Nazroo J. , Qureshi A. , Stompe T. , Tribe R.
  • a Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom
  • b East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
  • c Queen Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, United Kingdom
  • d Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom
  • e Greenwood Institute of Child Health, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
  • f European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations, University of Utrecht, Netherlands
  • g University Department of Psychiatry, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  • h Ibn Rushd University Psychiatric Centre, Casablanca, Morocco
  • i University of Manchester, United Kingdom
  • j Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
  • k Psychiatric University Clinic, Vienna, Austria
  • l School of Psychology, University of East London, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

The purpose of this guidance is to review currently available evidence on mental health problems in migrants and to present advice to clinicians and policy makers on how to provide migrants with appropriate and accessible mental health services. The three phases of the process of migration and the relevant implications for mental health are outlined, as well as the specific problems of groups such as women, children and adolescents, the elderly, refugees and asylum seekers, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals. The concepts of cultural bereavement, cultural identity and cultural congruity are discussed. The epidemiology of mental disorders in migrants is described. A series of recommendations to policy makers, service providers and clinicians aimed to improve mental health care in migrants are provided, covering the special needs of migrants concerning pharmacotherapies and psychotherapies.

Author Keywords

Migrants Common mental disorders Suicide mental health services Cultural congruity Mental health schizophrenia Psychotherapies Cultural bereavement Pharmacotherapies cultural identity

Index Keywords

immigrant schizophrenia tricyclic antidepressant agent Cultural Deprivation human suicide attempt priority journal mental health care mental disease ethnic difference Review cultural factor herbaceous agent migration health care quality health care access posttraumatic stress disorder drug response lithium extrapyramidal symptom haloperidol polydipsia polyuria practice guideline Fatigue Suicide health care delivery
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-79952380939&doi=10.1002%2fj.2051-5545.2011.tb00002.x&partnerID=40&md5=f3c932adf620dafdf88f436459d4f6d5
DOI: 10.1002/j.2051-5545.2011.tb00002.x
ISSN: 17238617
Cited by: 105
Original Language: English