Trastornos mentales comunes y uso de servicios de salud en población inmigrante

Background: Chile is receiving immigrant populations coming from other Latin-American countries. Aim: To determine the prevalence of Common Mental Disorders (CMD) among immigrants who live in Independencia, a quarter in Santiago, Chile. Material and Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out i...

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Autores principales: Rojas,Graciela, Fritsch,Rosemarie, Castro,Ariel, Guajardo,Viviana, Torres,Pamela, Díaz,Berta
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2011
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720110010000082012-01-03Trastornos mentales comunes y uso de servicios de salud en población inmigranteRojas,GracielaFritsch,RosemarieCastro,ArielGuajardo,VivianaTorres,PamelaDíaz,Berta Chile Emigrants and inmigrants Mental health Perú Background: Chile is receiving immigrant populations coming from other Latin-American countries. Aim: To determine the prevalence of Common Mental Disorders (CMD) among immigrants who live in Independencia, a quarter in Santiago, Chile. Material and Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out in the primary health care clinic and in the state-funded school of Independencia. A representative sample of 282 adults and 341 children were interviewed. Mental disorders were diagnosed using CIS-R and MINI structured interviews. Results: The interviewed immigrants came mostly from Peru. The prevalence of mental disorders in the adult population was 17.8% and among children, it was 29.3%. Conclusions: The adult immigrants have a lower prevalence of mental disorders than the Chilean population but it increases among children. Barriers of access to health services, that should be solved, were detected.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.139 n.10 20112011-10-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872011001000008es10.4067/S0034-98872011001000008
institution Scielo Chile
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language Spanish / Castilian
topic Chile
Emigrants and inmigrants
Mental health
Perú
spellingShingle Chile
Emigrants and inmigrants
Mental health
Perú
Rojas,Graciela
Fritsch,Rosemarie
Castro,Ariel
Guajardo,Viviana
Torres,Pamela
Díaz,Berta
Trastornos mentales comunes y uso de servicios de salud en población inmigrante
description Background: Chile is receiving immigrant populations coming from other Latin-American countries. Aim: To determine the prevalence of Common Mental Disorders (CMD) among immigrants who live in Independencia, a quarter in Santiago, Chile. Material and Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out in the primary health care clinic and in the state-funded school of Independencia. A representative sample of 282 adults and 341 children were interviewed. Mental disorders were diagnosed using CIS-R and MINI structured interviews. Results: The interviewed immigrants came mostly from Peru. The prevalence of mental disorders in the adult population was 17.8% and among children, it was 29.3%. Conclusions: The adult immigrants have a lower prevalence of mental disorders than the Chilean population but it increases among children. Barriers of access to health services, that should be solved, were detected.
author Rojas,Graciela
Fritsch,Rosemarie
Castro,Ariel
Guajardo,Viviana
Torres,Pamela
Díaz,Berta
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Fritsch,Rosemarie
Castro,Ariel
Guajardo,Viviana
Torres,Pamela
Díaz,Berta
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title Trastornos mentales comunes y uso de servicios de salud en población inmigrante
title_short Trastornos mentales comunes y uso de servicios de salud en población inmigrante
title_full Trastornos mentales comunes y uso de servicios de salud en población inmigrante
title_fullStr Trastornos mentales comunes y uso de servicios de salud en población inmigrante
title_full_unstemmed Trastornos mentales comunes y uso de servicios de salud en población inmigrante
title_sort trastornos mentales comunes y uso de servicios de salud en población inmigrante
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2011
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