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Historical Reflections on Mental Health Care in Sweden: The Welfare State and Cultural Diversity

Sofie Bäärnhielm

Transcultural Centre, Stockholm County Council, sofie.baarnhielm{at}sll.se

Solvig Ekblad

National Institute for Psychosocial Medicine and Karolinska Institutet, solvig.ekblad{at}ipm.ki.se

Jan Ekberg

Växjö Universitet, jan.ekberg{at}ehv.vxu.se

Bengt Erik Ginsburg

Transcultural Centre, Stockholm County Council, bengt.ginsburg{at}.sll.se

This article discusses historical reflections on the response of Swedish mental health care to cultural diversity and immigration and our views regarding future directions for clinical care, research and training. Sweden has become increasingly multicultural through immigration. Mental health care in Sweden faces the challenges of encountering cultural diversity and the mental health consequences of forced immigration, acculturation, and refugee trauma. In our view, Swedish mental health care is at a crossroads: either it takes up the challenge raised by immigration of an increasing cultural diversity or it satisfies itself with rhetoric, thus leaving reality at the margins. Equity regarding access to mental health care in Sweden today must include an acceptance of, and interest for, the diversity of the population.

Key Words: cultural diversity • immigration • mental health care

Transcultural Psychiatry, Vol. 42, No. 3, 394-419 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1363461505055622
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