Immigrazione e salute mentale

Violenza, psicotraumatologia, politiche per la salute e tutela assistenziale

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Abstract

This chapter discusses psychopathological issues related to migration with particular attention to the so-called “forced migrants”, migrants who are forced to flee their countries to save themselves due to violence. As a consequence, they are more at risk for mental health issues due to the lack of a migration project (which is a resilience factor in migrants) and to the psychotraumatic experiences they suffered. We will describe the psychopathological reactions in traumatized persons, the effect of re-traumatization they suffer in transit countries, the role of Post-Migration Living Difficulties occurring in Italy in worsening mental health of asylum seekers. Finally, we will discuss present difficulties of the Italian National Health Service to adequately cure them, and the indication given by the Italian National Guidelines to create services dedicated to these issues.


open access | peer reviewed

Presentato: 20 Giugno 2019 | Accettato: 01 Luglio 2019 | Pubblicato 06 Dicembre 2019 | Lingua: it

Keywords Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) • Psychopathology • Psychotraumatology • Asylum seekers • Refugees

Copyright © 2019 Marco Mazzetti, Salvatore Geraci. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-358-8/019


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