Open AccessWPA guidance on mental health and mental health care in migrants
Author(s) -
BHUGRA DINESH,
GUPTA SUSHAM,
BHUI KAMALDEEP,
CRAIG TOM,
DOGRA NISHA,
INGLEBY J. DAVID,
KIRKBRIDE JAMES,
MOUSSAOUI DRISS,
NAZROO JAMES,
QURESHI ADIL,
STOMPE THOMAS,
TRIBE RACHEL
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
world psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 15.51
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 2051-5545
pISSN - 1723-8617
DOI - 10.1002/j.2051-5545.2011.tb00002.x
Subject(s) - mental health , transgender , refugee , lesbian , psychiatry , mental health care , psychology , middle eastern mental health issues & syndromes , mental health law , medicine , political science , psychoanalysis , law
The purpose of this guidance is to review currently available evidence on mental health problems in migrants and to present advice to clinicians and policy makers on how to provide migrants with appropriate and accessible mental health services. The three phases of the process of migration and the relevant implications for mental health are outlined, as well as the specific problems of groups such as women, children and adolescents, the elderly, refugees and asylum seekers, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals. The concepts of cultural bereavement, cultural identity and cultural congruity are discussed. The epidemiology of mental disorders in migrants is described. A series of recommendations to policy makers, service providers and clinicians aimed to improve mental health care in migrants are provided, covering the special needs of migrants concerning pharmacotherapies and psychotherapies.