Introduction: Migration and Mental Health

Marjory Harper

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-52968-8_1

Introduction: Migration and Mental Health

Marjory Harper^*

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Abstract

Definitions of both mental health and migration are ambiguous and contested, and any attempt to integrate the two phenomena is fraught with the challenge of comprehending and interpreting such constantly moving targets. The difficulties are not confined to changes over time and space, but involve many different understandings of the criteria for ‘normality’ and multiple perceptions of migration. Nevertheless, there is sufficient evidence of a perceived link between migration and mental illness to warrant a multidisciplinary evaluation, blending conceptual and empirical models and covering a broad chronological, spatial and thematic spectrum.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Migration and Mental Health
Subtitle of host publication	Past and Present
Editors	M Harper
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	3-20
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-137-52968-8
ISBN (Print)	978-1-137-52967-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52968-8_1
Publication status	Published - 2016

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Name	Mental Health in Historical Perspective
ISSN (Print)	2634-6036
ISSN (Electronic)	2634-6044

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Keywords

Asylum Seeker
Consultant Psychiatrist
Literary Text
Mental Health
Mental Illness

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