Factores emocionales que inciden en la Salud mental de mujeres venezolanas migrantes.

Abstract

This article contains a conceptualization about a research with a mixed approach, with a sequential explanatory design, carried out with the objective of determining the emotional factors that affect the mental health of migrant women, the emphasis on depression and stress; to obtain more information on the subject of the sample for convenience, taking into account a total of seven migrant women from the municipality of Villa del Rosario. In the methodology, the semi-structured interview, the focus group and the "Beck Depression Inventory" were used as techniques for collecting information. As a result, there is presence of depressive symptoms in the total study population, in six of the women it is in a minimum level of depression, and only in a level of mild depression. Likewise, significant stress symptoms are evident. It is concluded that the process of migration, the process of adaptation in the new environment, mourning in terms of material and family aspects, the economic crisis and therefore, food, instability of housing and lack of employment opportunities, they are factors what can work as detonating factors for the development of mental disorders. It is recommended to design and implement prevention strategies in this type of population.