[Alcohol- and substance abuse among mentally ill patients with migration background in Austria].
The refugee movements of the recent years are confronting the health care with new challenges. However, it has turned out that in Austria data on the mental health of migrants are nearly not available. Especially data on the frequency and patterns of comorbid substance abuse of migrants with mental disorders do not exist even from international studies. We analyzed data from 1819 patients (1726 first generation, 93 second generation) treated in the outpatient clinic for transcultural psychiatry and migration related disorders at the Vienna General Hospital: In first-generation migrants the cultural and religious background of the region of origin has the greatest impact on the frequency and the patterns of misused substances. In second-generation migrants the consumer habits approximate to those of the majority of the society. The primary diagnosis plays a minor role. Only patients with personality disorders exhibit higher rates of illicit substance compared with other diagnoses.
Klinische Abteilung für Sozialpsychiatrie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich. thomas.stompe@meduniwien.ac.at.
Thomas
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9722-3184
T
Stompe
Institut für Transkulturelle Psychiatrie und Migrationsforschung, Wien, 1130, Österreich.
Kristina
K
Ritter
Klinische Abteilung für Biologische Psychiatrie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien, Wien, Österreich.
David
D
Holzer
Klinische Abteilung für Sozialpsychiatrie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich.
Andrea
A
Topitz
Klinische Abteilung für Sozialpsychiatrie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich.
Thomas
T
Wenzel
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001317:Austria; D015897:Comorbidity; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005008:Ethnopsychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
Comorbid substance abuse; Mental disorders; Migration; Region of origin
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