Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie
Volume 10, Issue 4, 1982, Pages 344-364

Migration and psychiatric disorders - a comparison of children of Greek 'guest workers' and German children in West Berlin [MIGRATION UND PSYCHISCHE STORUNGEN. EIN VERGLEICH VON KINDERN GRIECHISCHER 'GASTARBEITER' UND DEUTSCHEN KINDERN IN WEST-BERLIN] (Article)

Steinhausen -Ch. H. , Remschmidt H.
  • a Abt. Psychiatr. Neurol. Kindes- Jugendalter, Freie Univ., D-1000 Berlin 19, Germany
  • b Abt. Psychiatr. Neurol. Kindes- Jugendalter, Freie Univ., D-1000 Berlin 19, Germany

Abstract

The methods used and results found in a child psychiatric epidemiological study involving Greek families living in West Berlin and a German control group are reported. Although the guest worker families lived under more strained socioeconomic conditions than the German families, the children in the two groups did about equally well at school. Psychiatric disorders were less common among the Greek children, whereas there were more symptoms of psychopathology among the boys than the girls in both groups. The lower rate of disorders of family functioning among the Greek families appears to be the main determinant of the lower psychiatric morbidity among the Greek children. Factors related to migration were found to be relatively unimportant. The limitations of these findings are discussed.

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central nervous system geographic distribution clinical article mental disease human migration Child
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ISSN: 03016811
Cited by: 7
Original Language: German