Psychopathology and mental health service utilization by immigrants' children and their families
| Autor: | Helen Lazaratou, Maria Vlassopoulou, Lucia Legaki, Helen Pehlivanidou, Dimitris C. Anagnostopoulos, V. Rotsika, Efi Rogakou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Employment
Male medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Referral Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Immigration Child Health Services Insurance Coverage Social insurance 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Psychiatric history Sex Factors Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Parent-Child Relations Psychiatry Child media_common Greece business.industry Age Factors Place of birth Emigration and Immigration Mental health Country of origin Community Mental Health Services 030227 psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health Social Class Case-Control Studies Child Preschool Female Family Relations business Psychopathology |
| Zdroj: | Transcultural psychiatry. 41(4) |
| ISSN: | 1363-4615 |
| Popis: | To investigate the psychopathology of immigrants’ children and psychiatric service utilization by the immigrant families, data were collected from the files of all 35 immigrant children seen over a 3-year period at the Community Mental Health Centre of the Athens University Psychiatric Department. Immigrant children were matched by age, gender and intake date with 70 Greek children. Data concerned information about the child’s place of birth, current living conditions, parents’ country of origin, social and economic situation, occupations and educational status, social insurance, psychiatric history, referral source, diagnostic and therapeutic services rendered, number of sessions and outcome. Utilization of services was assessed 6 months after intake. No significant differences were found regarding family’s structure and parents’ psychopathology. However, immigrant families had significantly worse economic situations, lower status jobs, worse housing and were usually uninsured. No significant differences were observed regarding service utilization parameters, except concerning ‘cooperation with other services’. No differences were found regarding frequency or type of psychiatric diagnosis. However, 91% of the immigrant group received a psychosocial diagnosis as opposed to 49% of the Greek group. Immigrant children did not present more serious or diverse psycho-pathology than did Greek children. Immigrant families had equal levels of service utilization as Greek families. However, it was apparent that immigrant families did not apply for help as readily as their Greek counterparts. |
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