In:
Frontiers in Psychiatry, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 11 ( 2020-12-23)
Abstract:
Background: Mental health risk-factors for Asian migrants have been studied almost exclusively in the US, Canada, and Australia but not in European countries. Therefore, we aimed to identify sociodemographic, clinical, and migration-surrounding factors associated with experienced mental distress among Vietnamese migrants in Germany. Method: 305 Vietnamese migrants utilizing Germany's first Vietnamese psychiatric outpatient clinic filled out at admission the Brief-Symptom-Inventory 18 (BSI-18) as well as a questionnaire on 22 potential mental health determinants. Using a multiple linear regression model, we identified those sociodemographic, clinical, and migration-surrounding factors that were significantly related to the Global Severity Index (GSI) of the BSI-18. Results: The factors unemployment ( B = −6.32, p = 0.014), financial problems ( B = −10.71, p & lt; 0.001), no or only little religious involvement ( B = −3.23, p = 0.002), no psychiatric precontact ( B = −7.35, p = 0.004), previous migration experiences ( B = 8.76, p = 0.002), and perceived discrimination ( B = 6.58, p = 0.011) were found to significantly increase the level of mental distress according to the BSI-GSI. Conclusion: Based on these results, we were able to construct a mental health risk-profile for Vietnamese migrants in Germany, which aims to detect candidates for psychiatric problems earlier and supply them with customized prevention and therapy options.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1664-0640
DOI:
10.3389/fpsyt.2020.580103
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Frontiers Media SA
Publication Date:
2020
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2564218-2
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