Forced Marriage and Mental Health by migrants in Germany

Jan Ilhan Kizilhan*

Background and Objectives: The study examines the extent to which a link exists between forced marriage and the frequency of mental illness.

Methods: Female migrants both in forced marriages and not in forced marriages with a Turkish background were compared in psychosomatic clinics in Germany with regard to their psychological complaints.

Results: Turkish women in forced marriages suffer from mental health problems with signifi cantly greater frequency and, on average, have attempted suicide at least four times.

Conclusion: They suffer the consequences of a forced marriage for their entire lives, and they require special psychosocial counselling and both medical and therapeutic treatment which takes specifi c cultural and migration aspects into consideration.

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Published on: Sep 6, 2017 Pages: 71-76

Full Text PDF Full Text HTML DOI: 10.17352/2455-5479.000028
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