Suicide in Immigrants: An Overview - Open Journal of Medical Psychology

OJMP > Vol.2 No.3, July 2013

Suicide in Immigrants: An Overview ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ojmp.2013.23019 13,732 Downloads 20,327 Views Citations

Author(s)

Katarzyna Anna Ratkowska, Diego De Leo

Affiliation(s)

Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt Campus, Mt Gravatt, Australia Slovene Centre for Suicide Research, University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia.
De Leo Fund, Padua, Italy.

ABSTRACT

Globalization in the Internet era has rendered job mobility and migration frequent and important social phenomena, with implications at several different levels of societies. In addition, migration, either voluntary or forced, is accompanied by significant changes in suicide ideation, frequency of suicide attempts and rates of suicide of people that migrate compared to the host country. However, several different peculiarities render the interpretation of the interaction of migration-suicidality as quite complex. This article provides an overview of the most significant aspects that contribute to this complexity, in order to provide the reader with a road map for better orientation in a world of rapidly changing landscapes.

KEYWORDS

Globalization; Migration; Acculturation Stress; Inter-Generational Conflicts; Asylum Seekers

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Ratkowska, K. and De Leo, D. (2013) Suicide in Immigrants: An Overview. Open Journal of Medical Psychology, 2, 124-133. doi: 10.4236/ojmp.2013.23019.

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