European Psychiatry
Volume 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 107-115

EPA Guidance mental health care of migrants (Article)

Bhugra D.* , Gupta S. , Schouler-Ocak M. , Graeff-Calliess I. , Deakin N.A. , Qureshi A. , Dales J. , Moussaoui D. , Kastrup M. , Tarricone I. , Till A. , Bassi M. , Carta M.
  • a Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, United Kingdom
  • b East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
  • c Psychiatric University Clinic of Charité, St. Hedwig Hospital, Berlin, Germany
  • d Center for Transcultural Psychiatry and oPsychotherapy, Wahrendorff Clinic, Sehnde/Hannover, Germany
  • e St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, United Kingdom
  • f Servei de Psiquiatria, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
  • g University Hospitals, Leicester, United Kingdom
  • h Department of Psychiatry of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco
  • i Competence centre, Transcultural Psychiatry, Psychiatric Center Ballerup, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • j Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Section of Psychiatry, Bologna University, Bologna, Italy
  • k University Hospitals, Leicester, United Kingdom
  • l Dipartimento Salute Mentale, Azienda USL, Bologna, Italy
  • m University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Abstract

Migration is an increasingly commonplace phenomenon for a number of reasons. People migrate from rural to urban areas or across borders for reasons including economic, educational or political. There is increasing recent research evidence from many countries in Europe that indicates that migrants are more prone to certain psychiatric disorders. Because of their experiences of migration and settling down in the new countries, they may also have special needs such as lack of linguistic abilities which must be taken into account using a number of strategies at individual, local and national policy levels. In this guidance document, we briefly present the evidence and propose that specific measures must be taken to improve and manage psychiatric disorders experienced by migrants and their descendants. This improvement requires involvement at the highest level in governments. This is a guidance document and not a systematic review. © 2014 Elsevier Masson SAS.

Author Keywords

Migration psychiatric disorders Mental health migrant Management Psychiatric illnesses

Index Keywords

management Transients and Migrants Mental Health Services Mental Disorders Psychiatric illnesses Psychiatric disorders mental health Humans migrant migration
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84893933884&doi=10.1016%2fj.eurpsy.2014.01.003&partnerID=40&md5=8d1afac302dcab6da7cec2421550da82
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2014.01.003
ISSN: 09249338
Cited by: 68
Original Language: English