Forced Migration

Risks & contraindications

Background

Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• The International Organization for Migration defines forced migrants as people who must move because of human rights violations, climate disasters, or violence and who require legal protection. — Understanding integrated mental healthcare for people experiencing forced migration: a realist review protocol
• An estimated 123.2 million people worldwide have been forcibly displaced due to persecution, conflict, violence, and human rights violations. — Understanding integrated mental healthcare for people experiencing forced migration: a realist review protocol
• Barriers to mental health access for forced migrants include cultural stigma, lack of culturally responsive and trauma-informed supports, limited provider knowledge, and difficulties with health insurance and government funding. — Understanding integrated mental healthcare for people experiencing forced migration: a realist review protocol
• Refugee populations experience PTSD at a rate of 31% and depression at a rate of 31.5% compared with non-migrant groups, according to a recent systematic review. — Understanding integrated mental healthcare for people experiencing forced migration: a realist review protocol
• Mental health impacts for forced migrants can worsen after arrival in high-income countries because of intersecting determinants including racism, discrimination, high cost of living, and poor housing. — Understanding integrated mental healthcare for people experiencing forced migration: a realist review protocol