Neurology in Migrants and Refugees

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 ne urologists 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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis:

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 Pa ndemic 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.