🇳🇴 Ny kronikk: Innvandrere er mer åpne for #psykisk #helsehjelp enn vi tror – og enn de tror selv.

🇬🇧 New op-ed: Migrants in Norway are more open to #mental #healthcare than we assume – and than migrants themselves assume.

www.dagensmedisin.no/forskning-ps...

@kunstjonas.bsky.social

4/4 The findings suggest there could be more openness to seeking mental health help among these groups than presumed and that misperceived norms could impact willingness to seek help.

3/4 People’s own willingness to seek help was influenced by the presumed support from friends and family, followed by the perceived willingness of other migrants, and finally also by perceived Norwegian help-seeking norms. However, acculturation played a role.

2/4 At the same time they estimated Norwegians as significantly more willing than both themselves and other migrants to seek help.

🔔Publication alert!
🧵1/4 Migrants in our study underestimated other migrants’ willingness to seek mental health help…
#migranthealth #mentalhealth #publichealth

doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

🔔 Publication alert!
Migrants from non-EEA+ regions were less likely to seek professional mental health help than non-migrants, but only at high psychological distress levels, and especially when they did not recognise symptoms as a mental health problem.
#mentalhealth #publichealth

Great to hear Ana Paula Martins, Portuguese Health Minister, speak at #GSMERH2025:
“Migration is not a burden to be managed. It is an opportunity, when societies choose inclusion.”

Day 1 at #GSMERH2025: Ricardo Baptista Leite CEO of HealthAI on how AI should not just be integrated into old dysfunctional systems but is a chance to reimagine healthcare.

Main take-away messages from Day 0 #GSMERH2025:
Migration health needs networks not silos, real community engagement, & research that serves policy & people. Shift the narrative from burden to resilience, root work in anti-racism & solidarity, and protect the next generation of researchers. 🌍

Day 0 GSMERH 2025 take-away: We don’t necessarily need more evidence on migrant health. We need to use what we already know differently and with more focus on engaging communities @gsmerh.bsky.social

At GSMERH 2025 @gsmerh.bsky.social Day 0, migration health networks took the stage. From MiHSA to MHADRI (largest migration network globally): networks matter, check them out and join them!

Day 0 of the Global Society on Migration, ethnicity, race, and health conference in Lisbon! @gsmerh.bsky.social
Prepare for (hopefully interesting and informative) conference spam!

The Duke Humphrey’s library in Oxford is hands down the most beautiful place I’ve ever sat down to work!
Also became very aware that I was surrounded by books that are essentially older than my entire discipline 📚

So excited to be visiting @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social and the wonderful people at Oxford EDGE lab for the next 6 months! This is going to be fun!
@ox.ac.uk

Honoured to have been invited by my friend (and colleague) Raz to her podcast "Razoocast" to talk about mental health and help-seeking among people with a migrant background. See the episode on YouTube (importantly: with Farsi subtitles):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmVv...

‼️ Stipendiatstilling ledig! Jeg skal være biveileder for en doktorgradsstilling i helsevitenskap med fordypning i innvandrerhelse ved Universitetet i Stavanger! Spre ordet: www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...

🔔 Publication alert!
Findings suggest that men’s willingness to seek help for mental health is underestimated not only by other men but women too. Lower willingness to disclose help-seeking may play a role!
Check it out: rdcu.be/efguZ

Stumbled over this gem of a course on Migration, Health & Equity, made by a collab incl Lancet Migration Europe++
Looks into how migration impacts health, what we know, what we’re still figuring out, and how we can do better!
Also... it's FREE!
🔗 coursera.org/learn/migration-health-equity

1st post 🎉about me: I’m a Postdoc with an interest in better understanding the mental health treatment gap between individuals with a migrant background and the majority pop. Ultimately I’m motivated by tackling inequalities in mental health. Hoping to connect with other relevant people here!