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 service use among immigrants in the United States: A systematic review

AS Derr - Psychiatric services, 2016 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Immigrants face stressors unique to the experience of migration that may
exacerbate or cause mental health problems but access care at rates far below the general …

Providing mental healthcare to immigrants: current challenges and new strategies

D Giacco, A Matanov, S Priebe - Current opinion in psychiatry, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Immigrants can face significant barriers in accessing mental healthcare. Strategies to
overcome these barriers are as follows: increased coordination and communication …

Systemic and individual factors that shape mental health service usage among visible minority immigrants and refugees in Canada: A scoping review

Z Salam, O Odenigbo, B Newbold, O Wahoush… - … and Policy in Mental …, 2022 - Springer
There exists considerable research which reports that mental health disparities persist
among visible minority immigrants and refugees within Canada. Accessing mental health …

Access and utilization of mental health services for immigrants and refugees: Perspectives of immigrant service providers

B Salami, J Salma, K Hegadoren - International Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Immigrant and refugee populations experience life stressors due to difficult migration
journeys and challenges in leaving one country and adapting to another. These life …

Mental health service use by recent immigrants from different world regions and by non-immigrants in Ontario, Canada: a cross-sectional study

A Durbin, R Moineddin, E Lin, LS Steele… - BMC health services …, 2015 - Springer
Background Given that immigration has been linked to a variety of mental health stressors,
understanding use of mental health services by immigrant groups is particularly important …

Research on mental disorders and their care in immigrant populations: a review of publications from Germany, Italy and the UK

D Claassen, M Ascoli, T Berhe, S Priebe - European Psychiatry, 2005 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveThe review aims to identify the extent and nature of research on mental disorders
and their care in immigrant populations in three major European countries with high levels of …

Stressors and barriers to using mental health services among diverse groups of first-generation immigrants to the United States

F Saechao, S Sharrock, D Reicherter… - … mental health journal, 2012 - Springer
This study examined stressors and barriers to using mental health services among first-
generation immigrants in San Jose, California. Focus groups for 30 immigrants from …

Use of health care services for psychological distress by immigrants in an urban multicultural milieu

LJ Kirmayer, M Weinfeld, G Burgos… - The Canadian …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Research in the United States tends to attribute low rates of use of mental health
services by immigrants to economic barriers. The purpose of our study was to examine this …

Determinants of mental health consultations among recent Chinese immigrants in British Columbia, Canada: implications for mental health risk and access to services

AW Chen, A Kazanjian, H Wong - Journal of immigrant and minority health, 2008 - Springer
Linked immigration and health administrative databases were analyzed to study the factors
associated with the rate of mental health consultations with physicians in 1992–2001 of over …