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Exploring Muslim mental health research on excess mortality in the context of stigmatized populations

Researchers have found a connection between mental health diagnoses and poorer health outcomes, causing an excess morbidity and mortality gap in these populations. These mentally ill individuals have the same somatic illnesses that afflict the general population, but they experience them at higher rates. Mentally ill minority populations are at even higher risk because underprivileged status on its own has been found to correlate with poorer health outcomes. Stigma and mental illness are compounding features of poorer health outcomes. The aim of this study was to highlight how addressing stigma in underprivileged populations may result in more health care utilization and treatment and better overall health outcomes for these at-risk patient groups.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/43820
Date05 February 2022
CreatorsBadran, Aya Mohamed
ContributorsSpencer, Jean L.
Source SetsBoston University
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis/Dissertation

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