The mental health and wellbeing of EU citizens in the UK: a systematic review of the qualitative literature.

Teodorowski, Piotr; Woods, Ruth; Kennedy, Catriona

Abstract

Moving to a new country impacts on migrants’ mental health and well-being. There are over 3.6 million European Union citizens living in the United Kingdom. We conducted a systematic review of the qualitative literature to explore what is known about their mental health and well-being at the post-migration stage in pre-Brexit period. We searched five databases from 1st January 2009 to 19th February 2019; Web of Science, MEDLINE, CINAHL, SocIndex and Scopus for studies. Ten papers reporting nine studies were included in this review. Two themes were constructed; a narrative of adjustment and of employment realities. The former focuses on the process of settling in and the role of social connectedness. The latter concerns employment realities with included studies exploring the financial position and employment experiences of migrants. Findings indicate that we still know relatively little about the range of post-migration experiences among EU citizens and their implications for mental health.

Citation

TEODDOROWSKI, P., WOODS, R. and KENNEDY, C. 2020. The mental health and wellbeing of EU citizens in the UK: a systematic review of qualitative literature. Border crossing [online], 10(1), pages 43-60. Available from: https://doi.org/10.33182/bc.v10i1.976

• Journal Article Type: Review
• Acceptance Date: Jun 1, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Jun 4, 2020
• Publication Date: Jun 30, 2020
• Deposit Date: Jun 8, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 18, 2020
• Journal: Border crossing
• Print ISSN: 2046-4436
• Electronic ISSN: 2046-4444
• Publisher: Transnational Press London
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 43-60
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.33182/bc.v10i1.976
• Keywords: Migration; Mental health; EU; United Kingdom; Integration
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/928563