Abstract
AbstractObjective: To analyze the clinical and socio-demographic features in a sample of 10–17 years-old immigrant inpatients with a psychiatric disorder. Method: One hundred and thirty-eight immigrant adolescents, 138 Italian controls age, gender, and diagnosis-matched were enrolled. Socio-demographic and clinical features were carried out from medical records. Immigrants were divided into three groups according to the migratory processes: first-generation participants immigrated alone (IAs) to reunite with their parents (58%); first-generation participants immigrated with their parents (IPs) (13.8%); second-generation participants (SGIs), born in Italy from immigrant parents (25.3%). Results: The onset of psychiatric symptoms in IAs occurred mainly after the first-year of stay in Italy (80.2%, p = 0.036, OR 5.25), while IPs were more likely to begin showing their symptoms 5 years after immigration. Moreover, IAs were more likely to be admitted to the emergency room for the first occurrence of an acute p...
Highlights
In the last decades, immigration has become a notable phenomenon in Italy, achieving a growth rate of 311, 5% in 2012, when compared with 2002
Notes: IA = first-generation subjects immigrated alone to reunite with their parents, IP = first-generation subjects immigrated with their parents, second-generation participants (SGIs) = second generation subjects born in Italy from immigrant parents
IP = first-generation subjects immigrated with their parents, SGI = second generation subjects born in Italy from immigrant parents, SD = standard deviation, n.s = not significant, n = number, p = level of significance
Summary
Immigration has become a notable phenomenon in Italy, achieving a growth rate of 311, 5% in 2012, when compared with 2002. Schizophrenia seems to be more common in migrants (Bhugra, 2004; van Os & Kapur, 2009; Veling, 2013) and in particular in Afro-Caribbeans (Eaton & Harrison, 2000) It is well-known that three moments in life are characterized by a higher vulnerability to psychiatric disorders: birth, the beginning of school attendance, and adolescence (Moro, 2013; Rezzoug, Baubet, & Moro, 2013; Skandrani & Bouche-Florin, 2013). Some adolescents may experience the need to make a choice between the cultures, instead of starting a process of integration These teenagers face the impossible choice between “becoming Italian” or growing up according to their parents’ culture. Aim of the study The aim of the present study was to analyze the socio-demographic (including the migratory history) and the clinical features (including the time of onset of the psychiatric disorders as regard as the age of migration) in a group of adolescent migrant inpatient participants
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