Open AccessA Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Prevalence and Determinants of Mental Distress Among Ethiopian Returnees
Author(s) -
Derebe Madoro
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2021
pISSN - 1176-6328
DOI - 10.2147/ndt.s317803
Subject(s) - medicine , mental health , distress , confidence interval , cross sectional study , internally displaced person , mental distress , psychiatry , logistic regression , demography , clinical psychology , environmental health , population , pathology , sociology
Returning internally displaced persons (IDPs) to their homes can be a difficult and traumatic experience, particularly after a long period of displacement. Furthermore, traumatic experiences encountered during displacement during the flight process may be replayed in the minds of IDP returnees when they return to their original locations, raising the risk of re-traumatization. This could have a detrimental impact on the mental health of returning IDPs. Despite this, the mental health of returnee IDPs in Ethiopia has received less consideration. As a result, the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and determinants of mental distress among Ethiopian returnees.