Development of mental health services for lower-skilled migrant workers in Qatar
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.
Other Information
Published in: Asian Journal of Psychiatry
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
See article on publisher's website: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102709
Additional institutions affiliated with: Mental Health Services - HMC
Funding
Open Access funding provided by the Qatar National Library
History
Language
- English
Publisher
ElsevierPublication Year
- 2021
License statement
This Item is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International LicenseInstitution affiliated with
- Hamad Medical Corporation
- Qatar University
- Qatar University Health - QU
- College of Medicine - QU HEALTH