Mental Health Services among Migrants Danish Perspectives
WPA Athens 2005
Marianne Kastrup, Uffe Juul Povlsen, Marianne Østerskov
Centre for Transcultural Psychiatry Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark
Overview of presentation
Introduction Organization of mental health services Community mental health services Census survey Results Implications
Organization of Services
Mental health problems:
– Primary health care:
– G.P. key role in coordination interventions, diagnosis and treatment
– Secondary health care:
– Psychiatric clinic • Admissions • Emergency care • Community mental health care
– Social psychiatric services:
• E.g. workshops, shelters, fountain house
Psychiatric Services for Immigrants: Present Status
In some areas 20-30% of patients with other ethnic background In forensic psychiatry 30-40% of patients with other ethnic background No explicit mental health policy for immigrants Assessment and treatment depend upon immigrant status
Psychiatric Services for Immigrants
Rigshospitalet Psychiatric
Approx.
Clinic
– Catchment area Inner Nørrebro
25% population with other ethnic background Community mental health services with a specific transcultural multidisciplinary team Close collaboration between inpatient, community mental health and social psychiatric services
Census Survey 2004 Community Mental Health Services
Information on: Age and sex Marital group Migrant status Sheltered housing Economic situation Children under age
Census Survey 2004 Community Mental Health Services
Information on: Diagnostic group (ICD-10) Psychosis diagnosis Concomitant substance abuse
(none, present, previous)
Admissions
none, last 2 years 1-3 adm. or < 50 days, last 2 years 4 adm. or 50 days, more than 2 years ago
Clinical Global Impression (1-7) Global Assessment of Functioning (1-100)
Assessment of GAF
1-10 persistent inability to maintain minimal personal hygiene 11-20 occasionally fail to maintain minimal personal hygiene 21-30 inability to function in almost all areas 31-40 major impairment in sevral areas 41-50 any serious impairment in functioning 51-60 moderate difficulty in functioning 61-70 some difficulty in functioning 71-80 slight impairment in functioning 81-90 good functioning in all areas 91-100 superior overall functioning
Assessment of CGI
not evaluated 1= normal 2= borderline mental disorder 3= mild degree of mental disorder 4= moderate degree of mental disorder 5= prominent degree of mental disorder 6= severe degree of mental disorder 7= among the most extreme mentally ill
0=
Census Survey 2004
All N
All Men
Danes Pct N Pct
Immigrants N Pct
MannWhitney test
261 100% 143 55%
193 100% 102 53%
68 100% 41 60%
Women Age (meanl CGI mean GAF mean BMI mean
118 45,9 5,1 47,9 26,9
45%
91 47,1 5,2 47,0 26,8
47%
27 42,4 4,8 50,3 27,1
40% P = 0,020 P = 0,001 P = 0,010 P = 0,481
Diagnostic Distribution
All N = 261 Pct Danes N = 193 Pct Immigrants N = 68 Pct
2-test
ns ns
ns P = 0,002
DF 00-09 DF 10-19
DF 20-29 DF 30-39
3 7
210 28
1% 3%
80 % 11 %
3 6
159 14
2% 3%
82 % 7%
0 1
51 14
0% 1%
75 % 21 %
DF 40-49
DF 50-59 DF 60-69
1
0 12
0%
0% 5%
0
0 11
0%
0% 6%
1
0 1
1%
0% 1%
ns
ns ns
+psychoses
-psychoses No abuse +present
235
26 143
90 %
10 % 55 %
175
18 96
91 %
9% 50 %
60
8 47
88 %
12 % 69 %
ns
ns P = 0,006
58 60
106
22 % 23 %
41 %
47 50
86
24 % 26 %
45 %
11 10
20
16 % 15 %
29 %
ns ns
P = 0,029
+previous
Severely ill
Housing and Children
All
N = 261 Sheltered housing Children under age at home Children 36 40 Pct 14 % 15 %
Danes
N = 193 31 10 Pct 16 % 5%
Immigrants
N = 68 5 30 Pct 7% 44 %
2-test
ns P < 0,001
97
14
83
*P < 0,001
Mean childr. No adm.
1-3 adm or < 50 d < 2 yrs ≥ 4 adm or > 50 d < 2 yrs
2,4 35
19 81
1,4 13 %
7% 31 %
2,8 7%
6% 34 %
13
11 66
22
8 15
32 %
12 % 22 %
P < 0,001
Adm>2yrs ago
125
49 %
102
53 %
23
34 %
P = 0,007
Statistik: * = Mann-Whitney Test
Economic Situation
All
N = 261 Disability 167 Pct 64 %
Danes
N = 193 132 Pct 68 %
Immigrants
N = 68 35 Pct 51 %
2-test
P = 0,012
Agepension
Preretired Welfare
18
1 46
7%
0% 18 %
17
0 19
9%
0% 10 %
1
1 27
1%
1% 40 %
ns
ns P < 0,001
Sickleave Unempl
Training Work
4 5
6 13
2% 2%
2% 5%
3 5
5 11
2% 3%
3% 6%
1 0
1 2
1% 0%
1% 3%
ns ns
ns ns
Flexjob
Cohabit Single
1
55 193
0%
21 % 74 %
1
22 163
1%
11 % 84 %
0
33 30
0%
49 % 44 %
ns
P < 0,001 P < 0,001
Sngl+child
13
5%
8
4%
5
7%
ns
Age, Sex, CGI, GAF, BMI
All N
All Men
Rest Pct N Pct
Transcult. N Pct
Statistik
MannWhitney test
261 100% 143 55%
210 100% 112 53%
51 100% 31 61%
Women Age mean CGI mean GAF mean BMI mean
118 45,9 5,1 47,9 26,9
45%
98 46,8 5,2 47,2 26,6
47%
20 41,9 4,7 50,6 27,8
39% P = 0,026 P = 0,002 P = 0,033 P = 0,166
Diagnostic Group and Abuse
All N = 261 Pct Other N = 210 Pct Transcult N = 51 Pct
2-test
ns
ns P = 0,018
DF 00-09
DF 10-19 DF 20-29
3
7 210
1%
3% 80 %
3
6 175
1%
3% 83 %
0
1 35
0%
2% 69 %
DF 30-39
DF 40-49 DF 50-59 DF 60-69
28
1 0 12
11 %
0% 0% 5%
15
0 0 11
7%
0% 0% 5%
13
1 0 1
25 %
2% 0% 2%
P < 0,001
ns ns ns
+Psychoses
-Psychoses -Abuse
235
26 143
90 %
10 % 55 %
191
19 102
91 %
9% 49 %
44
7 41
86 %
14 % 80 %
ns
ns P < 0,001
Abuse now
Abuse prev Sev illness
58
60 106
22 %
23 % 41 %
54
54 94
26 %
26 % 45 %
4
6 12
8%
12 % 24 %
P = 0,006
P = 0,034 P = 0,006
Housing and Children
All
N = 261 Sheltered living Children under age Children 36 40 Pct 14 % 15 %
Other
N = 210 34 12 Pct 16 % 6%
Transcult
N = 51 2 28 Pct 4% 55 %
2-test
P = 0,023 P < 0,001
97
17
80
*P < 0,001
Mean no No admiss
1-3 adm. or < 50 ds < 2 yrs ≥ 4 adm or > 50 ds < 2 yrs
2,4 35
19 81
1,4 13 %
7% 31 %
2,9 7%
6% 34 %
15
12 72
21
7 9
41 %
14 % 18 %
P < 0,001
P = 0,048 P = 0,021
Adm >2 yrs
125
49 %
111
53 %
14
27 %
P = 0,001
Statistik: * = Mann-Whitney Test
Economic Situation
All
N = 261 Disability 167 Pct 64 %
Other
N = 210 145 Pct 69 %
Transc
N = 51 22 Pct 43 %
2-test
P = 0,001
Agepension
Preretired Welfare
18
1 46
7%
0% 18 %
18
1 21
9%
0% 10 %
0
0 25
0%
0% 49 %
P = 0,030
ns P < 0,001
Sickleave Unemploy
Training Work
4 5
6 13
2% 2%
2% 5%
3 5
5 11
1% 2%
2% 5%
1 0
1 2
2% 0%
2% 4%
ns ns
ns ns
Flexjob
Cohabit Single
1
55 193
0%
21 % 74 %
1
25 177
0%
12 % 84 %
0
30 16
0%
59 % 31 %
ns
P < 0,001 P < 0,001
Sngl+child
13
5%
8
4%
5
10 %
ns
Antipsychotics
Antipsychotics FGA SGA FGA + SGA FGA or SGA All
N 261 59
202 193
N 80 9
71 63
Pct 31 % 15 %
35 % 33 %
N 159 43
116 118
Pct 61 % 73 %
57 % 61 %
N 26 7
19 21
Pct 10 % 12 %
9% 11 %
N 213 45
168 160
Pct 82 % 76 %
83 % 83 %
All < 36 yrs
All > 35 yrs Danes
DK < 36 yrs
DK > 35 yrs Immigrants
43
150 68
5
58 17
12 %
39 % 25 %
30
88 41
70 %
59 % 60 %
4
17 5
9%
11 % 7%
31
129 53
72 %
86 % 78 %
Imm < 36 yrs
Imm > 35 yrs Transc.
16
52 51
4
13 12
25 %
25 % 24 %
13
28 31
81 %
54 % 61 %
3
2 4
19 %
4% 8%
14
39 39
88 %
75 % 76 %
Tran< 36 yrs
Tran > 35yrs
11
40
4
8
36 %
20 %
8
23
73 %
58 %
3
1
27 %
3%
9
30
82 %
75 %
N = 261 hereof 90 % psychosesdiagnoses
sammyc2007 4/17/2008 |
29 |
2 |
0 |
educational
sammyc2007 4/17/2008 |
32 |
2 |
0 |
educational
sammyc2007 4/17/2008 |
52 |
2 |
0 |
educational
sammyc2007 4/17/2008 |
25 |
1 |
0 |
educational
sammyc2007 4/17/2008 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
educational
NIHhealth 7/9/2008 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
legal
sammyc2007 4/17/2008 |
39 |
0 |
0 |
educational
sammyc2007 4/17/2008 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
educational
sammyc2007 4/17/2008 |
29 |
0 |
0 |
educational
sammyc2007 4/17/2008 |
62 |
2 |
0 |
educational
sammyc2007 4/15/2008 |
68 |
1 |
0 |
educational
sammyc2007 4/24/2008 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
educational
sammyc2007 4/17/2008 |
33 |
0 |
0 |
educational
sammyc2007 4/15/2008 |
75 |
3 |
0 |
educational
sammyc2007 4/9/2008 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
educational
sammyc2007 6/13/2008 |
293 |
2 |
0 |
legal
sammyc2007 6/13/2008 |
251 |
0 |
0 |
legal
sammyc2007 6/13/2008 |
311 |
4 |
0 |
legal
sammyc2007 6/13/2008 |
279 |
3 |
0 |
legal
sammyc2007 6/13/2008 |
521 |
2 |
0 |
legal
sammyc2007 6/13/2008 |
423 |
1 |
0 |
legal
sammyc2007 6/13/2008 |
249 |
0 |
0 |
legal
sammyc2007 6/13/2008 |
229 |
0 |
0 |
legal
sammyc2007 6/13/2008 |
353 |
0 |
0 |
legal
sammyc2007 6/13/2008 |
316 |
0 |
0 |
legal