Forced Marriage and Mental Health by migrants in Germany
<p><strong>Background and Objectives: </strong>The study examines the extent to which a link exists between forced marriage and the frequency of mental illness. <br></p><p><strong> Methods: </strong>Female migrants both in forced marriages and not in f...
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Archives of Community Medicine and Public Health - Peertechz Publications,
2017-09-06.
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| Summary: | <p><strong>Background and Objectives: </strong>The study examines the extent to which a link exists between forced marriage and the frequency of mental illness. <br></p><p><strong> Methods: </strong>Female migrants both in forced marriages and not in forced marriages with a Turkish background were compared in psychosomatic clinics in Germany with regard to their psychological complaints. <br></p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Turkish women in forced marriages suffer from mental health problems with signifi cantly greater frequency and, on average, have attempted suicide at least four times. <br></p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>They suffer the consequences of a forced marriage for their entire lives, and they require special psychosocial counselling and both medical and therapeutic treatment which takes specifi c cultural and migration aspects into consideration.</p> |
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| DOI: | 10.17352/2455-5479.000028 |