Psychological morbidity in Nepali cross-border migrants in India: a community based cross-sectional study.

Raja Ram DhunganaNirmal AryalPratik AdhikaryRadheshyam Krishna KcPramod Raj RegmiBikash DevkotaGuna Nidhi SharmaKolitha WickramageEdwin van TeijlingenPadam Simkhada

Published in: BMC public health (2019)

This study demonstrated that psychological morbidity was prevalent in the study participants and varied significantly with individual characteristics, work conditions and health. Multifaceted approaches including psychological counselling for returnees and protection of labour and health rights in the workplace are recommended to help reduce psychological morbidity.

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