Immigrants twice as likely to develop severe mental disorders, study suggests READ MORE: Jaw-dropping number of migrants in the US convicted of murder By Emily Joshu Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 19:25, 2 October 2024 | Updated: 19:25, 2 October 2024 e-mail View comments Immigrants may be at a higher risk of developing severe mental health disorders, a major study suggests. Using data from five countries, researchers looked at the medical records of nearly 1,000 people who migrated to another country and compared them to natural citizens of the same age.
The team found that migrants who moved when they were a child or teenager are twice as likely to develop psychosis, a mental health condition that causes patients to lose touch with reality . The researchers believe that these detrimental mental health effects could be due to the trauma from migration occurring during pivotal times of social development. A new study found that immigrants are up to 16 times more likely than non-migrants to suffer psychosis (pictured: a group of people walking along the US-Mexico border in 2023) The research comes as immigration has become a major political talking point, including former president Donald Trump (pictured here) claiming that Haitian immigrants in Ohio were 'eating' residents' pets Your browser does not support iframes.
The findings come amid surges of migrants entering the US, largely from Central American countries like Mexico, El Salvador, and Guatemala, which h.
