Migration and mental health

D Bhugra - Acta psychiatrica scandinavica, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: Migration and its accompanying stressors affect migrating individuals and their
families. The process of migration is not simple or straightforward. The aim of this review is to …

[HTML][HTML] The Chinese experience of rapid modernization: Sociocultural changes, psychological consequences?

J Sun, AG Ryder - Frontiers in psychology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Mainland China has undergone profound changes dating back to the nineteenth century,
including a contemporary period of rapid modernization that began in the 1980s. The result …

Internal migration and health: re-examining the healthy migrant phenomenon in China

J Chen - Social science & medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
This study re-examines the healthy migrant phenomenon in China's internal migration
process and investigates the different trajectories of place of origin on migrants' self-rated …

Stress, health and quality of life of female migrant domestic workers in Singapore: a cross-sectional study

SG Anjara, LB Nellums, C Bonetto, T Van Bortel - BMC women's health, 2017 - Springer
Background There is a global increase in migrant workers. In Singapore, there are over
230,000 migrant domestic workers (MDWs). Female MDWs may experience high levels of …

Socio-economic determinants of suicide rates in transforming China: a spatial-temporal analysis from 1990 to 2015

Z Cai, M Chen, P Ye, PSF Yip - The Lancet Regional Health–Western …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background China has experienced dramatic social changes in the last three decades. This
study aimed to investigate socio-economic factors related to suicide rates in China from …

Social media, social integration and subjective well-being among new urban migrants in China

L Wei, F Gao - Telematics and Informatics, 2017 - Elsevier
The current generation of migrants in Chinese cities, named “new urban migrants,” is closely
related with social changes in today's China. As these urban migrants are increasingly …

Common mental health problems in rural-to-urban migrant workers in Shenzhen, China: prevalence and risk factors

BL Zhong, TB Liu, SSM Chan, D **, CY Hu… - Epidemiology and …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Aims. Rural-to-urban migrant workers are a large marginalised population in urban China.
Prevalence estimates of common mental health problems (CMHPs) in previous studies …

International migrant workers' use of mobile phones to seek social support in Singapore

A Chib, HA Wilkin, SRM Hua - Information Technologies & …, 2013 - itidjournal.org
International migrants often need social support to deal with an unfamiliar environment and
reduce stress caused by prevailing attitudes in their host country, as well as that induced by …

Factors associated with psychological distress or common mental disorders in migrant populations across the world

D Jurado, RD Alarcón, JM Martínez-Ortega… - Revista de Psiquiatría y …, 2017 - Elsevier
We systematically review factors associated with the presence of psychological distress or
common mental disorders in migrant populations. Articles published between January 2000 …

Acculturative stress of Chinese rural-to-urban migrant workers: a qualitative study

BL Zhong, TB Liu, JX Huang, HH Fung, SSM Chan… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Global literature has suggested a negative impact of acculturative stress on
both physical and mental health among international migrants. In China, approximately 20 …