BookMustapha El Alaoui-Faris, Antonio Federico, Wolfgang Grisold, editors.
Summary: This book is the result of reflections and work of the Specialty group on neurology in migrants of the World Federation of Neurology. The volume provides a synthesis of migrants' health in relation to the sustainable development goals and the 2030 agenda, and an up-to-date overview on neurological diseases among migrants, refugees and ethnic minorities. The book is composed of both general chapters dealing with the history of migration, the relationship between climate change and migration flows, the migration and neurosciences research and the barriers to migrant's health. Other chapters deal with the migrants' particularities of the common neurological diseases such as cerebrovascular diseases, epilepsy, dementia, movement disorders, multiple sclerosis, headache, functional and mental disorders. In addition, also neurological manifestation of COVID-19 in ethnic minorities and palliative care in migrants are discussed. Neurology in Migrants and Refugees will be useful to neurologists worldwide who can find appropriate knowledge for diagnosis and treatment when facing migrants with neurological disorders which are sometimes difficult to assess in the absence of clinical experience with the migrant population. It will also be very useful for international organizations, policymakers and non-governmental organizations working in the field of health and migration. This book will certainly find an indispensable place in neurological departments libraries and will constitute a basic textbook for teaching neurology taking into account ethnicity, culture and health inequalities in the care of neurological disorders.
Contents:
Foreword
Preface
Part I. Introductory Testimonies
Chapter 1. The trauma of migration. Considerations from a first-line doctor in Lampedusa
Chapter 2. Migration and Poetry
Part II. Historical, Geography, and Health Problems of Migration
Chapter 3. History of Migration
Chapter 4. Migration across History
Chapter 5. History of North African Migration to Europe: the Case of Morocco
Chapter 6. Migration, Environment and Climate Change
Chapter 7. Child Migration and School Achievement
Chapter 8. Barriers to Health for Migrants and Refugees
Chapter 9. Contributions of Migration and Refugees Research to Neurology and Neurosciences
Chapter 10. How can Host Countries Provide Neurological Care to Migrants and Refugees
Chapter 11. Neurological and Mental Health Problems among Refugees from South Asia
Part III. Neurological Disorders in Migrants
Chapter 12. Neuroinfectious Diseases in Migrants and Refugees
Chapter 13. The Devastating Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Ethnic Minorities, Migrants, and Refugees
Chapter 14. Cerebrovascular Risk Factors in Migrants and Refugees
Chapter 15. Stroke in Migrants
Chapter 16. Multiple Sclerosis in Migrants
Chapter 17. Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders in Migrants
Chapter 18. Neurological Manifestations of Behçet Diseases related to Migration and Ethnicity
Chapter 19. Headache in Migrants and Refugees
Chapter 20. Epilepsy in Migrants
Chapter 21. Movement Disorders in Migrants
Chapter 22. Cross-cultural Cognitive Examination in Aging Migrants
Chapter 23. Dementia in Aging Migrants
Chapter 24. Anxiety and Depression in Migrants
Chapter 25. Somatization and Functional Disorders in Migrants and Refugees
Chapter 26. Palliative Care in Migrants
Part IV. Future Developments
Chapter 27. Migrants' Health, the Sustainable Development Goals and the COVID-19 pandemic.