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The Mental Health of South Asians in the UK

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Mental Health and Illness in Migration

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We examine mental health among South Asians living in the UK, framed within a multilevel conceptual model of health reflecting an interplay of biological and environmental risks over the course of life. We highlight epidemiological differences in the occurrence of different psychiatric disorders, and consider the role of socio-cultural patterns of help-seeking behavior. Ultimately, epidemiological approaches, while vital for planning services, identifying unmet population need, and evaluating the effectiveness of services and interventions, often risk conflating and obscuring important historical, cultural, and gendered influences on mental health in this particular diaspora, and others.

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  1. Department of Psychosis Studies, King’s College London, London, UK

    Vishal Bhavsar

  2. Section of Women’s Mental Health. Department of Health Services and Population Research, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK

    Vishal Bhavsar

  3. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

    Antonio Ventriglio

  4. Department of Health Services and Population Research, King’s College London, London, UK

    Dinesh Bhugra

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  1. Ibn Rushd University Psychiatric Centre, Casablanca, Morocco

    Driss Moussaoui

  2. Institute of Psychiatry King's College London, London, UK

    Dinesh Bhugra

  3. ASL Provinciale di Foggia, Foggia, Napoli, Italy

    Antonio Ventriglio

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Bhavsar, V., Ventriglio, A., Bhugra, D. (2018). The Mental Health of South Asians in the UK. In: Moussaoui, D., Bhugra, D., Ventriglio, A. (eds) Mental Health and Illness in Migration. Mental Health and Illness Worldwide. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0750-7_9-1

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