Psychiatric morbidity and mortality, substance abuse among migrants and descendants of migrants
The gaps in understanding the relation between migration and mental health remain a challenge as the effect of migration on mental health is complex, arising from multiple determinants.
This area of research involves different new epidemiological aspects of migration including forced migration (for instance among asylum seekers and refugees) and schizophrenia and other non-affective psychotic disorders, bipolar disorders with and without psychotic features, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), suicide, and substance use disorder etc.
Main researcher
Anna-Clara Hollander
Principal ResearcherCollaborators
James Kirkbride, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry/people/james-kirkbride , Affiliated to Research, EPiCSS Research Group
Jennifer Dykxhoorn, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mental-health/people/jen-dykxhoorn, Affiliated to Research, EPiCSS Research Group
Natalie Rich, Affiliated to Research, EPiCSS Research Group
Maki Morinaga, Phd student, PRIME Health Research Group
Syed Rahman, Affiliated to Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Founded by:
Forte - Forskningsrådet för hälsa arbetsliv och välfärd
Folkhälsomyndigheten
Project
Photo: Anna-Clara Hollander
Mental health and health care utilization among asylum seekers and irregular migrants
In many countries asylum seekers and irregular migrants are not included in the universal health care nor in health information systems.