@article{Kourkouta_Koukourikos_Papathanasiou_Tsaloglidou_2019, title={IMMIGRATION AND MENTAL DISORDERS}, volume={2}, url={https://mhgcj.org/index.php/MHGCJ/article/view/59}, DOI={10.32437/MHGCJ-2019(2).59}, abstractNote={<p class="western" lang="pt-PT" style="margin-left: 1cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" align="justify"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US"><strong>Introduction</strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US">: Immigration is the movement of people into a country where they will remain as its permanent residents or future citizens without having citizenship. </span></span></span></p> <p class="western" lang="pt-PT" style="margin-left: 1cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US"><strong>Purpose: </strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US">The purpose of this review study is to highlight the impact of immigration on the mental health of immigrants and to identify the mental disorders from which immigrants are at risk of getting ill.</span></span></span></p> <p class="western" lang="pt-PT" style="margin-left: 1cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US"><strong>Methodology: </strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US">The study material consisted of articles on the topic, found in Greek and international databases such as: Google Scholar, Mednet, Pubmed, Medline and the Hellenic Academic Libraries Association (HEAL-Link), using the appropriate keywords: mental illness, immigrants, treatment.</span></span></span></p> <p lang="el-GR" style="margin-left: 1cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 107%;" align="justify"><span style="font-family: Calibri, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US"><strong>Results: </strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US">It is estimated that two-thirds of refugees - migrants experience anxiety and depression. Studies show that these are populations with severe social problems, unmet needs, and a range of mental health problems such as depression, panic attacks, social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, suicidal ideation, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p lang="en-US" style="margin-left: 1cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0; widows: 0;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Conclusions: </strong></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Addressing the mental health problems of immigrants and refugees can only be holistic. It requires much more psychosocial interventions and practical solutions, always combined with culturally appropriate psychological support methods.</span></span></span></span></p>}, number={2}, journal={Mental Health: Global Challenges Journal}, author={Kourkouta, Lambrini and Koukourikos, Konstantinos and Papathanasiou, Ioanna V. and Tsaloglidou, Areti}, year={2019}, month={Nov.}, pages={36} }