First-episode Psychosis and Migration in Italy: Results from a Study in the Italian Mental Health Services (Pep-Ita Study).

Ilaria TarriconeGiuseppe D'AndreaViviana StorbiniMauro BracaSilvia FerrariCorinna ReggianiniMarco RigatelliCarla GramagliaPatrizia ZeppegnoEleonora GambaroMario LucianoAlessio CeregatoMario AltamuraGiuseppe BarrassoDiego PrimaveraBernardo CarpinielloOrlando TodarelloVanna BerlincioniFrancesca PodaviniCraig MorganRobin M MurrayMarta Di FortiRoberto MuratoriDomenico Berardi

Published in: Journal of immigrant and minority health (2021)

Our finding of a "high functioning portrait" of FEP migrants allow us to hypothesize that a high burden of negative psychosocial factors is likely to be needed for the FEP onset. Furtherly, mental health services should implement more appropriate resources and organizational methods to respond to migrants' health needs.

Keyphrases

mental health
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health promotion