Main topics in transcultural psychiatric research in the Netherlands during the past decade

The population of the Netherlands has become increasingly diverse in terms of ethnicity and religion, and anti-immigrant attitudes have become more apparent. At the same time, interest in issues linked to transcultural psychiatry has grown steadily. The purpose of this article is to describe the most important results in Dutch transcultural psychiatric research in the last decade and to discuss their relationship with relevant social and political developments in the Netherlands. All relevant PhD theses ( N = 27) between 2000 and 2011 were selected. Screening of Dutch journals in the field of transcultural psychiatry and medical anthropology and a PubMed query yielded additional publications. Forensic and addiction psychiatry were excluded from this review. The results of the review indicate three main topics: (a) the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and their relation to migration issues as social defeat and ethnic density, showing considerable intra- and interethnic differences in predictors and prevalence rates, (b) the social position of refugees and asylum seekers, and its effect on mental health, showing especially high risk among asylum seekers, and (c) the patterns of health-seeking behaviour and use of mental health services, showing a differentiated picture among various migrant groups. Anthropological research brought additional knowledge on all the above topics. The overall conclusion is that transcultural psychiatric research in the Netherlands has made a giant leap since the turn of the century. The results are of international importance and invite redefinition of the relationship between migration and mental health, and reconsideration of its underlying mechanisms in multiethnic societies

Country of origin · Ethnic group · Immigration · Mental health · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Refugee · Sociology · Anthropology · Demography · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

• Cultural competence in lifelong care and support for individuals with intellectual disabilities

  Open Access•Aniek van Herwaarden, Els Rommes et al.•Ethnicity and Health•2019

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• The navigation of good care for forensic psychiatric inpatients who face mandatory repatriation from the Netherlands

  Open Access•Anniek Van Weeghel, Charlotte Clous et al.•Social Science & Medicine•2025

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• Validity of screening for psychiatric disorders in unaccompanied minor asylum seekers

  Open Access•Marianne Jakobsen, Marianne Antonius Jakobsen et al.•Transcultural Psychiatry•2017

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• Physical and mental health of Afghan, Iranian and Somali asylum seekers and refugees living in the Netherlands

  Open Access•Annette Gerritsen, Annette A M Gerritsen et al.•Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric…•2006

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• Impact of a Long Asylum Procedure on the Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders in Iraqi Asylum Seekers in The Netherlands

  Cornelis J Laban, Hajo B P E Gernaat et al.•The Journal of Nervous and Mental…•2004

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• Schizophrenia and Migration

  Elizabeth Cantor-Graae, Jean-Paul Selten•American Journal of Psychiatry•2005

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• Comparing Psychological Distress, Traumatic Stress Reactions, and Experiences of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors With Experiences of Adolescents Accompanied by Parents

  Tammy Bean, Ilse Derluyn et al.•The Journal of Nervous and Mental…•2007

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• Postmigration Living Problems and Common Psychiatric Disorders in Iraqi Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands

  Cornelis J Laban, Hajo B P E Gernaat et al.•The Journal of Nervous and Mental…•2005

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• Acculturation and Psychological Distress Among Non-Western Muslim Migrants - a Population-Based Survey

  Open Access•Thijs Fassaert, Matty A S de Wit et al.•International Journal of Social…•2011

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• Help-Seeking Behaviour Regarding Mental Health Problems of Mediterranean Migrants in the Netherlands

  Open Access•Jeroen W Knipscheer, Rolf J Kleber•International Journal of Social…•2005

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• Health care seeking among detained undocumented migrants

  Open Access•Tina Dorn, Manon Ceelen et al.•BMC Public Health•2011

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• Uptake of health services for common mental disorders by first-generation Turkish and Moroccan migrants in the Netherlands

  Open Access•Thijs Fassaert, Matty AS de Wit et al.•BMC Public Health•2009

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• Immigrants in the Netherlands

  Karien Stronks, A C J Ravelli et al.•Journal of Epidemiology and…•2001

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• Course and predictors of mental health of unaccompanied refugee minors in the Netherlands

  Open Access•Tammy M Bean, Tammy Bean et al.•Social Science & Medicine•2007

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• Depressive disorder among Turkish women in the Netherlands

  Open Access•Ria Borra•Transcultural Psychiatry•2011

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• Use of the Cultural Formulation with Refugees

  Open Access•Hans Rohlof, Jeroen W Knipscheer et al.•Transcultural Psychiatry•2009

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• Recognizing Cultural Identity in Mental Health Care

  Open Access•Simon P N Groen, Simon Groen•Transcultural Psychiatry•2009

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• Afghan refugees and their general practitioners in The Netherlands

  Open Access•Christina Feldmann, C Titia Feldmann et al.•Sociology of Health & Illness•2007

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• Repetition and Repertoires

  Els Van Dongen•Anthropology and Medicine•2005

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