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Stranded abroad: a travel medicine approach to psychiatric repatriation

Author(s) -

Péter Felkai,

Tullia Marcolongo,

Marius Van Aswegen

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of travel medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1708-8305

pISSN - 1195-1982

DOI - 10.1093/jtm/taaa013

Subject(s) - medicine , repatriation , travel medicine , psychiatry , medline , family medicine , law , political science

The incurred mental alteration of a traveler abroad should be an alarming signal for patient, for family and for the local healthcare professionals alike. It is estimated that 11.3% of travelers experience some kind of psychiatric problem, with 2.5% suffering from severe psychosis and 1.2% requiring more than 2 months of therapy upon return from a trip abroad. Acute psychotic episode represents approximately one-fifth of travel-related psychiatric events. Yet, the travel-related mental problems have been a neglected topic till today. Now a good selection of literature is available to help further researches.

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