European Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 9, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 47-57

Demoralization and mental health: A community study among repatriated Greek immigrants (Article)

Bilanakis N. , Madianos M.G.* , Liakos A.
  • a Department of Psychiatry, University of Athens, C.M.H.C. Byron-Kessariani, 14 Delou Str., Kessariani, 161 21 Athens, Greece
  • b Department of Psychiatry, University of Athens, C.M.H.C. Byron-Kessariani, 14 Delou Str., Kessariani, 161 21 Athens, Greece
  • c Department of Psychiatry, University of Athens, C.M.H.C. Byron-Kessariani, 14 Delou Str., Kessariani, 161 21 Athens, Greece

Abstract

In this report, data on the prevalence of demoralization in a sample of 198 Greek emigrants who were repatriated from Western Europe to a southwestern province of Greece, are presented. The measurement of demoralization was based upon the number of self-reported non specific symptoms of distress. The mental health screening instrument was the Langner 22 item scale. 51.1% of females and 36.0% of males, were characterized as mentally impaired with a criterion of six or more reported pathognomonic symptoms in the scale. Multiple Regression analysis revealed that age, sex, immigration (in years) and place of birth predicted the psychological symptom score.

Author Keywords

Epidemiology of mental disorders Langner Scale Depressive and Psychosomatic symptoms Anxiety

Index Keywords

male distress syndrome female major clinical study Article mental health human adult migration
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ISSN: 02136163
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English