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Introduction: Migration and Health

Mental Health, Mental Illness and Migration

Part of the book series: Mental Health and Illness Worldwide ((MHIW))

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Ever since human beings emerged, we have always moved around migrating from one place to another for a number of reasons. In past centuries the migration was probably slower and took longer. With increased globalization and the interconnectedness it has been relatively easier for people to move migrate. In these days of globalization and rapid urbanization and industrialization in some parts of the world, it is inevitable that people will migrate within the country and across national boundaries. Stressors for the move between rural and urban areas or urban to rural areas will have similarities and differences with migration across countries and societies. Globalization also means that it is about the movement of people and resources. Manufacturing of the goods is in one part of the world, whereas the consumption is in another, and resources and raw materials for the manufacture are shipped from one part of the world to another. Furthermore with the spread of and increasing reach of social media globally has meant that people are even more connected and events in one part of the world affect other parts of the world much more rapidly and encourages fast responses. This has also contributed to a sense of restlessness. As communications are moving faster, the news does too, and there is very likelihood that all serious incidents get reported rapidly and exaggerated.

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  1. Centre For Affective Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry (KCL), London, UK

    Dinesh Bhugra

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

    Antonio Ventriglio

  3. World Association of Social Psychiatry, Casablanca, Morocco

    Driss Moussaoui

  4. Department of Psychiatry, Ibn Rushd University Psychiatric Centre, Casablanca, Morocco

    Driss Moussaoui

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

    Dinesh Bhugra

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Ibn Rushd University Psychiatric Centre, Casablanca, Morocco

    Driss Moussaoui

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

    Antonio Ventriglio

  4. School of Psychology, University of East London, London, UK

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Bhugra, D., Ventriglio, A., Moussaoui, D. (2018). Introduction: Migration and Health. In: Bhugra, D., Moussaoui, D., Ventriglio, A., Tribe, R. (eds) Mental Health, Mental Illness and Migration. Mental Health and Illness Worldwide. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0750-7_1-1

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    Introduction: Migration and Health
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0750-7_1-2

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