Abstract
Does migration make one more or less prone to mental illness? Preceding chapters have addressed that question from different disciplinary perspectives, time periods and locations. It remains highly pertinent; in 2013, according to the United Nations Population Fund, 3.2 per cent of the world’s population (232 million individuals) lived outside their country of origin. A Gallup poll two years earlier, based on research in more than 150 countries from 2005 to 2010, found that approximately nine per cent of the world’s adults wished to move to another country permanently.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Migration and Mental Health |
| Subtitle of host publication | Past and Present |
| Editors | M Harper |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 239-258 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-137-52968-8 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-137-52967-1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Publication series
| Name | Mental Health in Historical Perspective |
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| ISSN (Print) | 2634-6036 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2634-6044 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2016, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s).
Keywords
- Mental Health
- Psychiatric Distress
- Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Social Psychiatry
- Substance Misuse
