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30.11.2022 | Original Paper

Risk of psychopathology following traumatic events among immigrants and native-born persons in Denmark

verfasst von: Meghan L. Smith, Vijaya Seegulam, Péter Szentkúti, Erzsébet Horváth-Puhó, Sandro Galea, Timothy L. Lash, Anthony J. Rosellini, Paula P. Schnurr, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Jaimie L. Gradus

Erschienen in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Ausgabe 9/2023

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Abstract

Purpose

Immigrants may have increased risk of mental disorders compared with native-born persons. We aimed to expand the limited research on immigrants’ posttraumatic psychopathology related to traumatic experiences in their country of resettlement.

Methods

We obtained data from a cohort of Danish residents with ≥ 1 traumatic event recorded in health and administrative national registries during 1994–2016. We calculated risks of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and substance use disorders (SUD) within 5 years post-trauma among native-born Danes and immigrants who had been in Denmark for ≥ 10 years at the time of their index trauma (including immigrants overall and immigrants from specific regions). Risks were compared via age- and sex-standardized risk ratios (SRR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). We restricted to persons with no record of the disorder under investigation in the 10 years pre-trauma, and stratified by non-interpersonal (e.g., transport accidents) versus interpersonal trauma (e.g., assaults).

Results

Following non-interpersonal trauma, immigrants were more likely than native-born Danes to be diagnosed with PTSD (SRR = 5.2, 95% CI 4.6, 5.9), about as likely to be diagnosed with depression (SRR = 0.98, 95% CI 0.92, 1.1), and less likely to be diagnosed with SUD (SRR = 0.89, 95% CI 0.82, 0.95). Results were similar following interpersonal trauma, except the SRR for PTSD was reduced in magnitude (SRR = 3.0, 95% CI 1.7, 5.4). There were differences by region of birth.

Conclusion

Immigrants to Denmark have higher risk of PTSD following traumatic experiences than do native-born Danes, possibly due to the combined influence of adverse pre-, peri-, and/or post-migration experiences.

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Titel: Risk of psychopathology following traumatic events among immigrants and native-born persons in Denmark
verfasst von: Meghan L. Smith
Vijaya Seegulam
Péter Szentkúti
Erzsébet Horváth-Puhó
Sandro Galea
Timothy L. Lash
Anthony J. Rosellini
Paula P. Schnurr
Henrik Toft Sørensen
Jaimie L. Gradus
Publikationsdatum: 30.11.2022
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology / Ausgabe 9/2023
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-9285
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-022-02391-y

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