Immigration and mental health: Diverse findings in Asian, Black, and Latino populations

DT Takeuchi, M Alegría… - American journal of …, 2007 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Despite the increasing visibility of Asian, Latino, and Black immigrants in communities
across the country, little is understood about their health, especially their mental health. The …

Improving immigrant populations' access to mental health services in Canada: a review of barriers and recommendations

MS Thomson, F Chaze, U George, S Guruge - Journal of immigrant and …, 2015 - Springer
This article emerges from a scoping review of over two decades of relevant literature on
immigrants' access to mental health services in Canada. Key online databases were …

Mental health status, health care utilisation, and service satisfaction among immigrants in Montreal: an epidemiological comparison

R Whitley, JW Wang, MJ Fleury… - … Canadian Journal of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To examine variations between immigrants and nonimmigrants in 1) prevalence
of common mental disorders and other mental health variables; 2) health service utilisation …

[HTML][HTML] Global mental health and services for migrants in primary care settings in high-income countries: a scoping review

J Lu, S Jamani, J Benjamen, E Agbata… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Migrants are at a higher risk for common mental health problems than the general
population but are less likely to seek care. To improve access, the World Health …

Mental health aspects of culture and migration

ATA Cheng, JC Chang - Current opinion in psychiatry, 1999 - journals.lww.com
The process of migration, with cultural adaptation and potential exposure to traumatic
experiences, has been a challenge to mental health. Recent studies suggest that social …

[HTML][HTML] Undocumented immigrants and mental health: A systematic review of recent methodology and findings in the United States

LM Garcini, R Daly, N Chen, J Mehl, T Pham… - Journal of Migration and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study reviewed the methodology and findings of 44 peer-reviewed studies on
psychosocial risk factors associated with mental health outcomes among undocumented …

[HTML][HTML] Psychosocial factors and distress: a comparison between ethnic Norwegians and ethnic Pakistanis in Oslo, Norway

HR Syed, OS Dalgard, I Dalen, B Claussen… - BMC public health, 2006 - Springer
Abstract Background In the Norwegian context, higher mental distress has been reported for
the non-Western immigrants compared to the ethnic Norwegians and Western immigrants …

Mental health consequences of international migration for Vietnamese Americans and the mediating effects of physical health and social networks: results from a …

H Fu, MJ VanLandingham - Demography, 2012 - read.dukeupress.edu
Although the existing literature on immigrant mental health is extensive, major substantive
and methodological gaps remain. Substantively, there is little population-based research …

The mental health of Chinese immigrants in Birmingham, UK

SL Huang, A Spurgeon - Ethnicity and Health, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives. The objectives of this study were to describe the life experiences associated with
migration to the UK and to explore in-depth information about the process of life adjustment …

[HTML][HTML] Post-migration stressors and mental health for African migrants in South Australia: A qualitative study

L Mwanri, NK Fauk, A Ziersch, HA Gesesew… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
We conducted a qualitative study involving African migrants (n= 20) and service providers
(n= 10) in South Australia to explore mental health stressors, access to mental health …