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Migration and mental health in Peruvian society: Toward a psychosocial model

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This paper addresses the need for theoretical models to clarify the relationship between migration and mental health. It then elaborates one model of the psychosocial impact of rural-to-urban migration occurring within the context of Peruvian society. A set of hypotheses derived from this model is presented, and the generalizability of this model for understanding the consequences of migratory processes in divergent social settings is discussed.

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  1. University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    F. Moises Gaviria, Judith Richman, Joseph A. Flaherty, Timothy Mitchell & Susan Birz

  2. Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

    Ronald M. Wintrob

  3. Universidad Nacional de San Marcos, Lima, Peru

    Hector Martinez

  4. Peruvian Ministry of Health, Lima, Peru

    Carlos Garcia Pacheco

  5. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    Dev S. Pathak

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Gaviria, F.M., Richman, J., Flaherty, J.A. et al. Migration and mental health in Peruvian society: Toward a psychosocial model. Soc Psychiatry 21, 193–199 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00584000

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