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To travel is to live: Embracing the emerging field of travel psychiatry

  • International Medical University
  • University of Galway
  • Galway University Hospital

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Abstract

For a person with mental illness, travelling abroad can be challenging but it can be easier when the traveller and healthcare practitioner have a clear understanding of the likely impact of travel on the illness and of the illness on the travel experience. Travel may also precipitate first presentations of mental illness or unmask previously undiagnosed mental disorders. We propose that mental health problems should receive greater recognition in travel medicine and that psychiatrists should collaborate more closely with travel medicine clinicians to ensure that their patients benefit from the opportunities afforded by international travel.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)167-170
Number of pages4
JournalBJPsych Bulletin
Volume45
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2021

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • psychosis
  • risk assessment
  • stigma and discrimination
  • suicide
  • Travel

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