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Volume 90, Issue 11, 2019, Pages 1103-1108

Poverty, migration and mental health [Armut, Migration und psychische Gesundheit] (Review)

Kluge U.* , Rapp M.A. , Mehran N. , Jumaa J. , Aichberger M.C.
  • a Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte, Charitéplatz 1, Berlin, 10117, Germany, Berliner Institut für empirische Integrations- und Migrationsforschung (BIM), Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • b Sozial- und Präventivmedizin, Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften, Department Sport- und Gesundheitswissenschaften, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
  • c Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Charité Campus Mitte, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • d Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Charité Campus Mitte, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • e Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte, Charitéplatz 1, Berlin, 10117, Germany, Berliner Institut für empirische Integrations- und Migrationsforschung (BIM), Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

Poverty and social exclusion are closely related to an increased risk for the deterioration of mental health. In 2018 approximately 19% of the German population were threatened by poverty and the associated social ostracization. Migrant groups in particular often show an increased risk for poverty and are often exposed to multiple socioeconomic stress factors depending on the context of migration, pre-migration and post-migration social factors. Numerous studies have shown that societal exclusion, precarious living conditions and the residential environment negatively affect mental health beyond the effects of pre-migration risk factors. This article provides a review and discussion on the relationship between mental health, poverty and related constructs, such as social cohesion, social capital and social exclusion in general as well as in specific risk groups, such as migrant and refugee populations. © 2019, Springer Medizin Verlag GmbH, ein Teil von Springer Nature.

Author Keywords

Migration Residential environment exclusion Social cohesion Social capital

Index Keywords

social exclusion social capital refugee poverty mental health human Refugees controlled study social aspect German (citizen) Humans psychology Socioeconomic Factors stress risk factor Review socioeconomics high risk population human experiment migration Transients and Migrants deterioration
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85074028147&doi=10.1007%2fs00115-019-00790-2&partnerID=40&md5=ffbca25eb3bfe37d7041974c3d913c28
DOI: 10.1007/s00115-019-00790-2
ISSN: 00282804
Original Language: German