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The challenge of treating Roma outpatients in the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace region of Greece
The Roma people are one of the most unknown and interesting nations in Europe. Although they are severely marginalised within European societies, they have greatly influenced European culture. Despite this fact, there is a deep prejudice against them. In the region of East Macedonia and Thrace, a si...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8314987/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34382953 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2021.3 |
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author | Vorvolakos, Theofanis Arvaniti, Aikaterini Serdari, Aspasia Samakouri, Maria |
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description | The Roma people are one of the most unknown and interesting nations in Europe. Although they are severely marginalised within European societies, they have greatly influenced European culture. Despite this fact, there is a deep prejudice against them. In the region of East Macedonia and Thrace, a significant proportion of the population are Roma. Their marginalisation leads to many problems and also affects their mental health. Their psychopathological manifestations differ from the majority population. They express more somatic complaints and higher overall stress in a histrionic background. The main obstacles regarding their mental health issues and treatment appear to be the following: gender inequality, illiteracy and lack of cultural sensitivity in healthcare system. Although all of these obstacles must be removed, some are easier to remove than others. Cultural sensitivity could be applied by using more culturally sensitive diagnostic tools, improving overall training for mental health professionals and treating Roma wherever they seek help, because they often have a nomadic style of living. Telemedicine can be quite useful in serving this goal. Improving their educational status and addressing gender inequalities issues, on the other hand, are more difficult and long-term goals. |
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spelling | pubmed-83149872021-08-10 The challenge of treating Roma outpatients in the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace region of Greece Vorvolakos, Theofanis Arvaniti, Aikaterini Serdari, Aspasia Samakouri, Maria BJPsych Int Country Profile The Roma people are one of the most unknown and interesting nations in Europe. Although they are severely marginalised within European societies, they have greatly influenced European culture. Despite this fact, there is a deep prejudice against them. In the region of East Macedonia and Thrace, a significant proportion of the population are Roma. Their marginalisation leads to many problems and also affects their mental health. Their psychopathological manifestations differ from the majority population. They express more somatic complaints and higher overall stress in a histrionic background. The main obstacles regarding their mental health issues and treatment appear to be the following: gender inequality, illiteracy and lack of cultural sensitivity in healthcare system. Although all of these obstacles must be removed, some are easier to remove than others. Cultural sensitivity could be applied by using more culturally sensitive diagnostic tools, improving overall training for mental health professionals and treating Roma wherever they seek help, because they often have a nomadic style of living. Telemedicine can be quite useful in serving this goal. Improving their educational status and addressing gender inequalities issues, on the other hand, are more difficult and long-term goals. Cambridge University Press 2021-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8314987/ /pubmed/34382953 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2021.3 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Country Profile Vorvolakos, Theofanis Arvaniti, Aikaterini Serdari, Aspasia Samakouri, Maria The challenge of treating Roma outpatients in the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace region of Greece |
title | The challenge of treating Roma outpatients in the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace region of Greece |
title_full | The challenge of treating Roma outpatients in the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace region of Greece |
title_fullStr | The challenge of treating Roma outpatients in the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace region of Greece |
title_full_unstemmed | The challenge of treating Roma outpatients in the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace region of Greece |
title_short | The challenge of treating Roma outpatients in the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace region of Greece |
title_sort | challenge of treating roma outpatients in the eastern macedonia and thrace region of greece |
topic | Country Profile |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8314987/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34382953 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2021.3 |
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