title: Negative outcome factors for addicted migrants.
abstract: Several risk factors as well as protective factors are discussed in the development of mental disorders among migrants. With respect to addiction there are reports of an increased prevalence despite a higher threshold for utilisation of the treatment system. A case report is presented that exemplifies psychosocial and legal factors affecting the development and treatment possibilities of addicted migrants. It calls for a closer co-ordination between institutions and authorities in favour of the addicted individual.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. haasen@uke.uni-hamburg.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Haasen
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yagdiran
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Toprak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012931:Social Environment; D012934:Social Isolation / Q000523:psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000523:psychology*