The picture above shows that the migration process, that is, shifting from one region or country to another brings about negative aspects to immigrants. With new and different conditions, the immigrants are likely to get much stresses thus it can badly influence their morbidity.
“Migration is the process of social change whereby an individual moves from one cultural setting (e.g. Korea) to another (New Zealand) for the purposes of settling down either permanently or for a long period. Such a shift can be for any number of reasons, commonly economic, political or educational betterment. The process is inevitably stressful and stress can lead to mental illness” (Bhugra, & Jones, 2001, p216)
Well, I'm not a migration but i totally agree with what has been just said above and I can understand how it feels like being away from their own country and face completely different culture. This is because I'm experiencing the similar situation. I have been living in New Zealand for almost 3 years as an international student and it sometimes can be very stressful living apart from my family. I think living in an unfamiliar cultural setting is probably the main reason why all those negative things occur. Even though it may be something that we can not avoide, we need to find a fine solution to deal with all the problems.
Bhugra, D., & Jones, P. (2001). Migration and mental illness. Advances in psychiatric treatment, 7(3), 216-222. Retrieved September 1, 2008, from http://apt.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/7/3/216
Wikipedia. (2008). Morbidity. Retrieved September 1, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morbidity
4 comments:
what's morbidity? can u pls enlarge the graph a little? thanks
Hi, Akiko. Here, I was going to mention about negative things that could happen to migration people.. something like mental illness, you know,, i actually need to do more of it. Sorry for the small pic. From what im understanding morbidity is something to do with mental illness? Thanks for your comment
Hi David
I think everyone who leaves his/her country, and wants to live in other country, always has a lot of problems. It is a big problem to every migrant’s. I believe it is the harder period of migration
Yes, Bahram. you are right. It's been a bit hard for me to live in a foreign country with new cultural environment. It must be hard for you as well. There are good things at the same time though. hopefully, we will get used to it :)
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