Mental health of immigrant children: A new challenge for child and adolescent psychiatry services in Ireland

Child Care in Practice
Volume 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-233

Mental health of immigrant children: A new challenge for child and adolescent psychiatry services in Ireland (Article)

Skokauskas N.* , Clarke D.

^a Department of Child Psychiatry, St James's Hospital, St James's Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
^b Navan Child Guidance Clinic, Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland

Abstract

Ethnically, Ireland has diversified greatly over the past few years. According to the 2006 census, 419,733 foreign nationals live in Ireland. Immigration is one of the one of the most stressful events a child can undergo; it involves profound changes, including a disruption of well-established relationships and acculturation. Since the long-established and dominant pattern for years had been emigration, Ireland is poorly equipped to meet mental health needs of immigrant children. © 2009 The Child Care in Practice Group.

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DOI: 10.1080/13575270902891081

ISSN: 13575279

Cited by: 4

Original Language: English