Mental health and migration

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Abstract

Mental health should be conceptualized as a state of psychological well-being and not merely the absence of mental illness. Considerations of mental health and migration encompass issues, conditions, opportunities, and constraints related to the psychological well-being of mobile persons, including proactive and reactive movers. The mental health of migrants influences the capacity to realize personal aspirations and affects caregivers, families left behind, communities, and sending and receiving societies.
Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationThe Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration
PublisherJohn Wiley and Sons
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781444351071
ISBN (Print)9781444334890
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 4 2013

Keywords

  • diaspora
  • ethnic cleansing
  • social policy
  • violence
  • war
  • welfare

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