Mental health, morbidity and mortality of African immigrant communities in Portugal: implications for primary care

Authors: Havik PJ, Mapril J, Saraiva C
Publication Year: 2018
Journal: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323811607_Mental_health_morbidity_and_mortality_of_African_immigrant_communities_in_Portugal_implications_for_primary_care

This chapter aims to relate different aspects of migrants’ self-perception with perspectives held by medical professionals relating to mental disorders and the health seeking behaviour among African migrant communities resident in Portugal. Placing the discussion on mental illness and migration in a public health framework, the chapter first provides an overview of the literature on […]
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Death on the Move: managing narratives, silences and constraints in a trans-national perspective

The chapters of this book analyse different aspects of the management of death, dying and mortality by migrants in Southern Europe, by deconstructing persistent idiosyncratic beliefs, myths, narratives, silences, and constraints. It focuses on migrants from diverse geographical (Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Brazil, Bangladesh and China) and cultural backgrounds in Portugal, Spain and Italy. It also […]
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Mental health, morbidity and mortality of African immigrant communities in Portugal: implications for primary care

Death on the Move: managing narratives, silences and constraints in a trans-national perspective

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