Prevalence of mental disorder in an urban population in central Sweden in relation to social class, marital status and immigration

Halldin, Jan

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1985.tb01262.x

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“…The psychiatric interviews were semistructuredpartly, a psychiatric questionnaire where fixed questions were used and partly unstructured interviewsmade by one of the two participating psychiatrists. An estimate was made of the 12-month prevalence of mental disorders including alcoholism and drug dependence (19,20). The total non-response was 12 %.…”

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Alcohol consumption and alcoholism in an urban population in central Sweden

Halldin

1985

Acta Psychiatr Scand

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A representative selection of 2,283 individuals, 18-65 years old, in "former" Stockholm County, were examined by psychiatrists in 1970-71. The total of non-participants was 12%. The alcohol consumption pattern and the prevalence of the diagnosis alcoholism for the last 12 months are reported. Significantly more men than women confirmed "very high" and "high" consumption, respectively. The diagnosis alcoholism was given to 4.8% men and 1.4% women. Significantly more women in social class I than in II and III, as significantly more men in social class I than in II stated "very high" or "high" consumption. Social consequences of alcohol consumption, in the form of entries in the Penal Register of the National Board of Excise (Kontrollstyrelsens straffregister) for the years 1965-71, were, on the other hand, found significantly more frequently among men in social class III than in social classes I and II.

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Alcohol consumption and alcoholism in an urban population in central Sweden

Halldin

1985

Acta Psychiatr Scand

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“…[130][131][132] Some community-based inquiries have even suggested that immigrants, and indeed refugees, have fewer emotional problems than the native-born. [114][115][116][117][118][119][120][121][122][123][124][125][126][127][128][129][130][131][132][133]134 Although they face a fairly common set of stressors, only a small proportion of immigrants and refugees become psychiatric casualties. This observation strongly suggests that it is not immigration per se, nor even its challenges that creates mental health risk, but rather the interaction among vulnerabilities, stressors, social resources and personal strengths.…”

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The Health of Immigrants and Refugees in Canada

Beiser

2005

Can J Public Health

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Canada admits between more than 200,000 immigrants every year. National policy emphasizes rigorous selection to ensure that Canada admits healthy immigrants. However, remarkably little policy is directed to ensuring that they stay healthy. This neglect is wrong-headed: keeping new settlers healthy is just, humane, and consistent with national self-interest. By identifying personal vulnerabilities, salient resettlement stressors that act alone or interact with predisposition in order to create health risk, and the personal and social resources that reduce risk and promote well-being, health research can enlighten policy and practice. However, the paradigms that have dominated immigrant health research over the past 100 years-the "sick" and "healthy immigrant," respectively-have been inadequate. Part of the problem is that socio-political controversy has influenced the questions asked about immigrant health, and the manner of their investigation. La traduction du résumé se trouve à la fin de l'article.

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“…The European reports are more diverse, with two from France (35)(36), four from Norway (37-40) (Anderson (39) includes two studies), one from Finland (41), one study on two Polish towns (42), one from Austria (43), one from Iceland (44), one from Denmark (45), and two from Sweden (46)(47)(48)(49)(50).…”

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Investigations of the Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders

1988

Acta Psychiatr Scand

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More than thirty studies of the prevalence of psychiatric disorders have been reported from Western countries in the last thirty years. Significant methodological advances have occurred, including sophistication of sampling techniques, improvements in caseness definitions and identification of cases, and clear definitions and specification of rules for diagnosis. The introduction of standardized diagnostic instruments for use by trained lay interviewers is expected to facilitate studies of psychiatric epidemiology. The methods used in each of the studies are briefly described.

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Prevalence of mental disorder in an urban population in central Sweden in relation to social class, marital status and immigration

Cited by 23 publications

References 14 publications

Alcohol consumption and alcoholism in an urban population in central Sweden

Alcohol consumption and alcoholism in an urban population in central Sweden

The Health of Immigrants and Refugees in Canada

Investigations of the Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders

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