Migration and Mental Health among the Peoples of the Caribbean, 1948-1980
| Autor: | Jacob Jay Lindenthal, Claudewell S. Thomas |
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| Rok vydání: | 1989 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study Health Policy Refugee media_common.quotation_subject Immigration Population Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Mental illness medicine.disease Mental health Psychiatry and Mental health Middle Eastern Mental Health Issues & Syndromes Schizophrenia medicine Theoretical psychology Psychology Psychiatry education media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Mental Health. 18:92-102 |
| ISSN: | 1557-9328 0020-7411 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00207411.1989.11449147 |
| Popis: | A body of literature suggests that the rates of mental illness among immigrant groups greatly exceed those of the population of their countries of origin [1]. Schizophrenia, in particular, has been found to be associated with migration [1-4]. Some studies have also reported high rates of mental disorders among refugees and exiles [5,6]. The purposes of this paper are severalfold: (1) to review the salient findings in the literature for 1948-1980 dealing with migration and mental health among the peoples of the Caribbean; (2) to highlight some of the important theoretical problems inherent in research on migration and mental health; and (3) to increase awareness of an array of questions that should be raised and of some of the theoretical and methodological issues involved. |
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