Development of mental health services for lower-skilled migrant workers in Qatar
<p dir="ltr">The largest group of migrants in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are lower-skilled migrant workers. GCC countries have witnessed significant healthcare infrastructure investments over recent decades. Despite this, they are lagging to mainstream the mental health...
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| Summary: | <p dir="ltr">The largest group of migrants in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are lower-skilled migrant workers. GCC countries have witnessed significant healthcare infrastructure investments over recent decades. Despite this, they are lagging to mainstream the mental health needs of lower-skilled migrants into national health policy frameworks. Qatar is one of the GCC countries where lower-skilled migrants constitute 50 per cent of population. In this article,we provide an overview of the development of specialist mental health service for lower-skilled migrants’ and discuss the challenges, and measures taken by the State of Qatar to mainstream their health needs into national health policy framework.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Asian Journal of Psychiatry<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102709" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102709</a></p><p dir="ltr">Additional institutions affiliated with: Mental Health Services - HMC</p> |
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