Sociodemographic profile and mental health needs of referrals to an Irish psychiatric service: a transcultural perspective
| Autor: | Philip A Carney, Mohamed Ahmed, Sinead O'Brien, Brendan Dineen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Service (business)
medicine.medical_specialty media_common.quotation_subject Perspective (graphical) Immigration Mental health language.human_language Psychiatry and Mental health History and Philosophy of Science Irish language medicine Transcultural Psychiatry Catchment area Duration (project management) Psychology Psychiatry Applied Psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine. 28:141-144 |
| ISSN: | 2051-6967 0790-9667 |
| Popis: | Objectives: This study describes the social, demographic and clinical characteristics of all the new referrals in a mental health catchment area. This study aims to compare Irish and non-Irish service users in terms of their mental health needs and service utilization.Method: Case notes were reviewed retrospectively to investigate demographic, clinical and service utilization parameters among new referrals to the psychiatric services in Galway, Ireland over a six-month period.Results: One hundred and fifty-four new referrals, of whom 41 were non-Irish, presented over a six-month period. Results showed no difference between Irish and non-Irish service users in terms of socio-demographic variables. Alcohol problems and subsequent need for detoxification and counselling were significantly higher among service users from the new EU accession states with a significant impact on the duration of their hospital stay and the need for intensive psychiatric care.Conclusions: There is an urgent need for enhanced resources for the delivery of mental healthcare to immigrants. Service utilisation and mental health needs are not explained merely by illness-related aspects in immigrant service users. Social and cultural factors have to be recognised in order to prevent disadvantages in psychiatric care. |
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