ArticleInternational journal of mental health systems2019
First-generation migrants' use of psychotropic medication in Northern Ireland: a record linkage study.
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- Three years of medication-use sequences in incident bipolar disorder in Sweden reveal divergent patterns in native-born and immigrant populations.Translational psychiatry · 2026Article
- Complex regional pain syndrome and use of psychotropic drugs as a proxy for psychological health.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Use of benzodiazepine and related drugs in migrants and Finnish-born persons: a nationwide register-based study.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2023Article
- Mental health by native-immigrant intermarriage in Sweden: a register-based retrospective cohort study.European journal of public health · 2022Article
- The perceptions of general practice among Central and Eastern Europeans in the United Kingdom: A systematic scoping review.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2022Article
- Trajectories of antidepressant use and characteristics associated with trajectory groups among young refugees and their Swedish-born peers with diagnosed common mental disorders-findings from the REMAIN study.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2022Article
- Development and Validation of a Primary Care Electronic Health Record Phenotype to Study Migration and Health in the UK.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Psychiatric care use among migrants to Sweden compared with Swedish-born residents: a longitudinal cohort study of 5 150 753 people.BMJ global health · 2020Article
- Administrative Data Research Northern Ireland (ADR NI).International journal of population data science · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeThere is a recent and growing migrant population in Northern Ireland. However, rigorous research is absent regarding access to mental health care by different migrant groups. In order to address this knowledge gap, this study aimed to identify the relative use of psychotropic medication between the largest first generation migrant groups in Northern Ireland and the majority population.
methodsCensus (2011) data was linked to psychotropic prescriptions for the entire enumerated population of Northern Ireland using data linkage methodology through the Administrative Data Research Centre Northern Ireland (ADRC-NI).
resultsLower prescription dispensation for all psychotropic medication types, particularly antidepressants (OR = 0.35, CI 95% 0.33-0.36) and anxiolytics (OR = 0.42, CI 95% 0.40-0.44), was observed for all migrant groups with the exception of migrants from Germany.
conclusionsIt is likely that the results reflect poorer access to services and indicate a need to improve access and the match between resources, services and the health and social care needs of migrants. Further research is required to identify barriers to accessing primary care and mental health services.
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