title: EPA guidance mental health care of migrants.
abstract: Migration is an increasingly commonplace phenomenon for a number of reasons. People migrate from rural to urban areas or across borders for reasons including economic, educational or political. There is increasing recent research evidence from many countries in Europe that indicates that migrants are more prone to certain psychiatric disorders. Because of their experiences of migration and settling down in the new countries, they may also have special needs such as lack of linguistic abilities which must be taken into account using a number of strategies at individual, local and national policy levels. In this guidance document, we briefly present the evidence and propose that specific measures must be taken to improve and manage psychiatric disorders experienced by migrants and their descendants. This improvement requires involvement at the highest level in governments. This is a guidance document and not a systematic review.
authors: Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, UK. Electronic address: dinesh.bhugra@kcl.ac.uk.
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authors: Bhugra
authors: East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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authors: Gupta
authors: Psychiatric University Clinic of Charité at St. Hedwig Hospital, Berlin, Germany.
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authors: Schouler-Ocak
authors: Center for Transcultural Psychiatry & Psychotherapy, Wahrendorff Clinic, Sehnde/Hannover, Germany.
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authors: Graeff-Calliess
authors: St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK.
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authors: Deakin
authors: Servei de Psiquiatria, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
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authors: Qureshi
authors: University Hospitals, Leicester, UK.
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authors: Dales
authors: Department of Psychiatry of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco.
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authors: Moussaoui
authors: Competence centre, Transcultural Psychiatry, Psychiatric Center Ballerup, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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authors: Kastrup
authors: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Section of Psychiatry, Bologna University, Bologna, Italy.
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authors: Tarricone
authors: University Hospitals, Leicester, UK.
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authors: Till
authors: Dipartimento Salute Mentale, Azienda USL, Bologna, Italy.
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authors: Bassi
authors: University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
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authors: Carta
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008603:Mental Health; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Management; Mental health; Migrant; Migration; Psychiatric disorders; Psychiatric illnesses