Migration and psychosis

Authors

  • Francisco Collazos Sánchez Jefe del Servicio de Psiquiatría. Hospital San Rafael. Hermanas Hospitalarias. Barcelona. Coordinador del Programa de Psiquiatría Transcultural. Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron. Barcelona. Profesor asociado. Departamento de Psiquiatría y Medicina Legal. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Author
  • María Fernanda Mantilla Reyes Médico interno residente en psiquiatría. Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron. Barcelona. Author
  • Germán Ortega Hernández Médico interno residente en psiquiatría. Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron. Barcelona. Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5538/2385-703x.2018.11.22

Keywords:

Psychosis, Schizophrenia, Mental Health, Migrants, Immigrants

Abstract

Objectives: to determine the relationship between psychosis and migration, as well as to identify the different risk factors and the probable aetiopathogenesis of this phenomenon. Methodology: a systematic review of articles published in PubMed between 2005 and 2018 under the terms «psychosis» or «schizophrenia» or «mental health» and «migrant» or «immigrant» or «asylum seeker» or «displaced person». After an exclusion process, 12 articles were included.

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Published

2018-09-01

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Review Article