Description
By conducting interview, to study the contributing factors for degradation of mental health among horizon academic participants as migrants and refugees in university of Geneva and to see the program positive impacts to reduce the degradation of mental health state.
As a result, Four factors contributing to the problem are identified as discrimination, waiting time to obtain asylum, language barrier and racism.
When measured in GHQ-12 questionnaire, The problem visibly presented and male participants response showed 30-50% of mental health risks that expose to PTSD, depression and Insomnia. While the female participants result 60-90% risk of mental health to the three conditions which highlight the women vulnerability.
In conclusion, though participants mental health is highly affected, the program existence impacted their life positively and 90% of them confirmed it. To strengthen the program impact sustainably, building a work unit which offers psychosocial support comprising psychologists, non professionals who trained in mental health as well as program participants with lived experiences can be viable option to fight this potential global health crises.
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