Mental disorders, disability and health service use amongst Vietnamese refugees and the host Australian population.
Acta Psychiatr Scand
; 111(4): 300-9, 2005 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To compare the prevalence of common mental disorders, disability and health service utilization amongst Vietnamese refugees resettled in Australia for 11 years, with data obtained from a national survey of the host population.METHOD:
A stratified multistage probability household survey of 1611 Vietnamese undertaken in the state of New South Wales was compared with data from 7961 Australian-born respondents. Measures included the CIDI 2.1 and the MOS SF-12.RESULTS:
The 12-month prevalence of anxiety, depression and drug and alcohol dependence amongst Vietnamese was 6.1% compared with 16.7% amongst Australians. Vietnamese with a mental illness reported higher disability but exhibited similar levels of mental health consultation. The overall service burden of mental disorders was lower for the Vietnamese.CONCLUSION:
The findings suggest that refugee groups resettled for some time in Western countries may show sound mental health adaptation and do not necessarily impose a burden on general or mental health services.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Derivación y Consulta
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Refugiados
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Personas con Discapacidades Mentales
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Pueblo Asiatico
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Trastornos Mentales
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Servicios de Salud Mental
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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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
País como asunto:
Asia
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Oceania
Idioma:
En
Año:
2005
Tipo del documento:
Article