The mental health-migration interface among sub-Saharan African and Chinese populations

This paper describes the burden of mental disorders among sub-Saharan African and Chinese populations. Data on mental disorders in these populations provide contrasting patterns, and sometime conflicting results. Many factors could explain variations in data reported in this paper including the mental health-migration interface, differences in the operational definition and measurement of mental disorders within and between countries. Nonetheless, well-known risk factors that could explain the observed differential pattern in mental disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa and China are similar, but manifest multi-dimensionally due to differences in socio-political and economic environments.

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This paper analyzes the burden of mental disorders in sub-Saharan African and Chinese populations. The data on mental disorders in these populations show contrasting patterns and sometimes conflicting results. The variations in reported data can be explained by factors such as the mental health-migration interface and the differences in the definition and measurement of mental disorders within and between countries. However, the well-known risk factors that contribute to the disparities in mental disorders between Sub-Saharan Africa and China are similar, but they manifest differently due to differences in socio-political and economic environments.