Abstract
BackgroundEcological migrants has a special background compared with other types of migrant. However, the mental health status of ecological migrants who were expected to benefit from a massive “ecological migration project” initiated by the Chinese government is unknown. This study aims to explore the influence of environmental change on individuals’ mental health and to improve current understanding of the mechanisms that mental disorders occurred.MethodsThe data were extracted from a cross-sectional study. Anxiety disorders, mood disorders and substance use disorders were assessed using the Chinese version WHO-CIDI. The prevalence of mental disorders was stratified by migration status into ecological migrant, local resident and original resident groups. Unconditional logistic regression models were used to calculate the risk of prevalence among these three groups.ResultsAfter controlling for gender, ethnicity, age, marriage, and education, the migrants had lower risk of mental disorders than original residents [OR = 0.70 (95 % CI: 0.57–0.86)], p < 0.001), but had a higher risk of mental disorders than local residents [OR = 1.29 (95 % CI: 1.06–1.55)], p = 0.007).ConclusionThe ecological migration project may be beneficial to people’s mental health by improving their living environment and social economy.
Highlights
IntroductionThe mental health status of ecological migrants who were expected to benefit from a massive “ecological migration project” initiated by the Chinese government is unknown
Ecological migrants has a special background compared with other types of migrant
The current study aimed to examine the risk of mental disorders in ecological migrants compared with local residents and original residents to explore the association of migration with mental disorders; and to improve the current understanding of the mechanisms that mental disorders occurred
Summary
The mental health status of ecological migrants who were expected to benefit from a massive “ecological migration project” initiated by the Chinese government is unknown. The migration experience can be difficult at best. Most studies have shown that the migration experience can increase the risk of psychiatric disturbances over both the short and the long term [4]. Greater psychological distress and psychiatric morbidity have consistently been found among migrants from the former Soviet Union compared to Israel-born natives [5, 6]. These negative influences can persist for generations [7, 8].
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