ABLECHILD: 11 Million Potential Mental Health Patients Surge at the Southern Border
by Jim Hoft
Oct. 15, 2024 12:00 pm
Guest post by Joe Hoft at JoeHoft.com – republished with permission
11 Million Potential Mental Health Patients Surge at the Southern Border
This article is republished with permission from AbleChild.
Illegal immigration into the United States is a topic second only to the economy during this Presidential election cycle and Americans appear to have little empathy for those that continue to flood over the Southern border. So, it seems predictable that the taxpayers won’t be any too happy about ensuring mental health services are made available to those who are viewed as breaking U.S. immigration laws.
A recent article, though, describes how these illegal or undocumented aliens “are at a higher risk of developing severe mental health disorders.” Apparently, this important study looked at nearly 1,000 people that had immigrated to another country and compared their mental health to that of natural citizens of the same age.
The data are not what any country would appreciate having as it suggests that a large number of illegal immigrants reviewed suffered psychosis at twice the rate of their natural born counterparts. The experts suggest that the detrimental mental health effects could be due to the trauma of migrating during important times of social development. Yes. One could surmise that ripping a child from its surroundings and home might be mentally and emotionally problematic.
https://www.alipac.us/f12/ablechild-11-million-potential-mental-health-patients-surge-southern-border-424111/
