ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2020
Immigrants' mental health service use compared to that of native Finns: a register study.
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- Use of benzodiazepine and related drugs in migrants and Finnish-born persons: a nationwide register-based study.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2023Article
- Disability pension and sociodemographic & work-related risk factors among 2.3 million migrants and natives in Finland (2011-2019): a prospective population study.BMC public health · 2023Article
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- Suicide among psychiatric patients who migrated to the UK: a national clinical survey.EClinicalMedicine · 2023Article
- Growing up unequal? Socioeconomic disparities in mental disorders throughout childhood in Finland.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- Non-European immigrants' self-described strategies for mental health promotion and perceptions of Finnish mental health services: A qualitative descriptive analysis.Perspectives in psychiatric care · 2022Article
- Use of Health Services and Unmet Need among Adults of Russian, Somali, and Kurdish Origin in Finland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Migrants Are Underrepresented in Mental Health and Rehabilitation Services-Survey and Register-Based Findings of Russian, Somali, and Kurdish Origin Adults in Finland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeMany aspects related to migration might predispose immigrants to mental health problems. Yet immigrants have been shown to underuse mental health services. The aim of this study was to compare the intensity of psychiatric care, as an indicator of treatment adequacy, between natives and immigrants living in Finland.
methodsWe used nationwide register data that included all the immigrants living in Finland at the end of 2010 (n = 185,605) and their matched controls. Only those who had used mental health services were included in the analyses (n = 14,285). We used multinomial logistic regression to predict the categorized treatment intensity by immigrant status, region and country of origin, length of residence, and other background variables.
resultsImmigrants used mental health services less than Finnish controls and with lower intensity. The length of residence in Finland increased the probability of higher treatment intensity. Immigrants from Eastern Europe, sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and Northern Africa were at the highest risk of receiving low-intensity treatment.
conclusionsSome immigrant groups seem to persistently receive less psychiatric treatment than Finnish-born controls. Identification of these groups is important and future research is needed to determine the mechanisms behind these patterns.
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