Mental well-being of international migrants to Japan: a systematic review

Miller, Russell; Tomita, Yuri; Ong, Ken Ing Cherng; Shibanuma, Akira; Jimba, Masamine

Conclusion Access to social support networks of various types appears to be an influential 47 factor affecting the mental well-being of international migrants in Japan. More research is 48 necessary on how to promote such connections to foster a more inclusive and multicultural 49 Japanese society amid rapid demographic change. Global migration has increased markedly in recent decades and international migrants now 64 constitute 3.4% of the global population. [1] International migrants are considered to be 65 "any person who lives temporarily or permanently in a country where he or she was not Article Summary Strengths and limitations of this study  Our study is the first to comprehensively screen and synthesizes available research, published both in Japanese and English, on the mental well-being of international migrants to Japan.  Key findings were extracted and thematically analyzed from relevant studies of diverse migrant populations in Japan evidencing the role of social support networks.  The cross-sectional nature of the included studies limits the value in supporting causal effects and generalizability.  While English and Japanese databases were surveyed, grey literature was not comprehensively searched. of international migrants to Japan. In order to examine the social determinants of mental "Mental health" OR "Psychology" OR "Mental well-being" AND "精神保健" OR "メンタルヘルス" OR "心 の健康" OR "精神衛生" AND "Migrant" OR "Immigrant" OR "Expatriate" OR "Foreigner" OR "Refugee" OR "Foreign resident" OR "International student" AND "居住者" OR "駐在員" OR "労働者" OR " 移住者" OR "難民" OR "留学生" OR " 在留外国人" AND "Japan" "在日" OR "日本における外国人" OR "在 留" 168