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Migration: A risk factor for psychosis?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

E. Spaho ,
V. Alikaj ,
E. Dashi  and
V. Skendi
E. Spaho
Affiliation:
Department Of Neuroscience, University Hospital Center “Mother Theresa”, Tirane, Albania
V. Alikaj
Affiliation:
Department Of Neuroscience, University Hospital Center “Mother Theresa”, Tirane, Albania Faculty Of Medicine, Tirana Medical University Albania, Tirane, Albania
E. Dashi*
Affiliation:
Department Of Neuroscience, University Hospital Center “Mother Theresa”, Tirane, Albania
V. Skendi
Affiliation:
Department Of Neuroscience, University Hospital Center “Mother Theresa”, Tirane, Albania
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Emigration is a complex process of social changing through which an individual moves from a certain cultural environment/context to another, aiming to achieve persistent or long-term residency, causing distress. There is sustainable evidence that incidence of all forms of psychosis is higher in migrants.

Objectives

This study aims to gather data of other research conducted in the field according to emigration as a risk factor for development of different psychosis.

Methods

Scientific articles searched in MEDLINE, regarding the incidence of mental disorders in different emigrant populations, for the period 1995 - 2015.

Results

The average relative risk of schizophrenia and of other psychosis occurrence among first generation emigrants was 2.7 (95% confidence interval [CI]=2.3-3.2). Statistical analysis performed among studies of first and second generation of emigrants, and among studies which don’t make difference between generations, results in a relative risk of 2.9 (95% CI=2.5-3.4) of mental illness.

Conclusions

The data presented in this study emphasize the impact of migration on central symptoms of schizophrenia. Emigration process, cultural and social adaptation, play an important role on the individual mental health.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

Risk factorspsychosisschizophréniaMigration
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S734
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