title: [Mental illness among immigrants and refugees. Are needs and available care adequate?].
abstract: A considerable proportion of the Swedish population are of immigrant or refugee origin. This puts new demands on psychiatric care. In Stockholm county, immigrants of non-Scandinavian origin are characterised by lower psychiatric care utilisation rates than are the remainder of the county population. Population studies of multi-ethnic suburban areas in west Stockholm have shown the non-Scandinavian subgroup of the population to be characterised by somewhat lower utilisation of acute and short-term psychiatric care, as compared with native Swedes, but a clearly higher utilisation of primary psychiatric care facilities. Available evidence suggests the existence of several subgroups with high frequencies of mental ill-health in these areas. If sectorized psychiatry is to meet the demands of the population as a whole, economic prioritization is needed, as well as improved knowledge and methodology regarding cross-cultural psychiatry.
authors.affiliation: Spånga psykiatriska mottagning, Västra Stockholms psykiatriska sektor.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bäärnhielm
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology*; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology