[Alcohol- and substance abuse among mentally ill patients with migration background in Austria]. / Alkohol- und Drogenmissbrauch bei psychisch kranken PatientInnen mit Migrationshintergrund in Österreich.
Neuropsychiatr
; 30(3): 138-144, 2016 Sep.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27681087
ABSTRACT
The refugee movements of the recent years are confronting the health care with new challenges. However, it has turned out that in Austria data on the mental health of migrants are nearly not available. Especially data on the frequency and patterns of comorbid substance abuse of migrants with mental disorders do not exist even from international studies. We analyzed data from 1819 patients (1726 first generation, 93 second generation) treated in the outpatient clinic for transcultural psychiatry and migration related disorders at the Vienna General Hospital In first-generation migrants the cultural and religious background of the region of origin has the greatest impact on the frequency and the patterns of misused substances. In second-generation migrants the consumer habits approximate to those of the majority of the society. The primary diagnosis plays a minor role. Only patients with personality disorders exhibit higher rates of illicit substance compared with other diagnoses.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Substance-Related Disorders
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Mentally Ill Persons
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Alcoholism
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Emigrants and Immigrants
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National Health Programs
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
De
Journal:
Neuropsychiatr
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article