Migration and mental health: a study of low-income Ethiopian women working in Middle Eastern countries.

Anbesse, BirkeSt Paul's General Specialized Hospital, PO Box 31657, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (författare)

Migration and mental health : a study of low-income Ethiopian women working in Middle Eastern countries.

Background: Few studies have explored influences on mental health of migrants moving between non-Western countries. Methods: Focus group discussions were used to explore the experiences of Ethiopian female domestic migrants to Middle Eastern countries, comparing those who developed severe mental illness with those remaining mentally well. Discussion: Prominent self-identified threats to mental health included exploitative treatment, enforced cultural isolation, undermining of cultural identity and disappointment in not achieving expectations. Participants countered these risks by affirming their cultural identity and establishing socio-cultural supports. Conclusions: Mental health of migrant domestic workers may be jeopardized by stressors, leading to experience of social defeat.

Hanlon, CharlotteKing's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK (författare)
Alem, AtalayDepartment of Psychiatry, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (författare)
Packer, SamuelUniversity of Toronto, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada (författare)
Whitley, RobDepartment of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, New Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Centre, Lebanon, USA (författare)
St Paul's General Specialized Hospital, PO Box 31657, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaKing's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:International Journal of Social Psychiatry: Sage Publications55:6, s. 557-680020-76401741-2854

Av författaren/redakt...: Anbesse, Birke; Hanlon, Charlott ...; Alem, Atalay; Packer, Samuel; Whitley, Rob

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