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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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 |
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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. |
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Rojas,Graciela Fritsch,Rosemarie Castro,Ariel Guajardo,Viviana Torres,Pamela Díaz,Berta |
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Rojas,Graciela Fritsch,Rosemarie Castro,Ariel Guajardo,Viviana Torres,Pamela Díaz,Berta |
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Rojas,Graciela |
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Trastornos mentales comunes y uso de servicios de salud en población inmigrante |
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Trastornos mentales comunes y uso de servicios de salud en población inmigrante |
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Trastornos mentales comunes y uso de servicios de salud en población inmigrante |
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Trastornos mentales comunes y uso de servicios de salud en población inmigrante |
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Trastornos mentales comunes y uso de servicios de salud en población inmigrante |
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trastornos mentales comunes y uso de servicios de salud en población inmigrante |
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Sociedad Médica de Santiago |
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