Lakartidningen
1998, Pages 1532-1534
Mental ill-health among immigrants and refugees; is the care available commensurate with the demands? [Psykisk ohälsa bland invandrare och flyktingar: Ser behoven och vården ut som vi tror?] (Article)
Bäärnhielm S.* ,
Saers K.
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Spånga Psykiatriska Mottagning, Vastra Stockholms Psykiatriska S., Sweden, Spånga Psykiatriska Mottagning, Avestagatan 19, S-163 53 Spånga, Sweden
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Halso- och Sjukvardsenheten, Vastra Stockholms Sjukvardsomrade, Sweden
Abstract
A considerable proportion of the Swedish population are of immigrant or refugee ori-gin. This puts new demands on psychiatric care. In Stockholm county, immigrants of non-Scandinavian origin are characterised by lower psychiatric care utilisation rates than are the remainder of the county population. Population studies of multi-ethnic suburban areas in west Stockholm have shown the non-Scandinavian subgroup of the population to be characterised by somewhat lower utilisation of acute and short-term psychiatric care, as compared with native Swedes, but a clearly higher utilisation of primary psychiatric care facilities. Available evidence suggests the existence of several subgroups with high frequencies of mental ill-health in these areas. If sectorised psychiatry is to meet the demands of the population as a whole, economic prioritisation is needed, as well as improved knowledge and methodology regarding cross-cultural psychiatry.
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ISSN: 00237205
Cited by: 6
Original Language: Swedish