{"id":4219,"date":"2018-08-28T20:48:54","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T20:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dementes.programate.pe\/?p=4219"},"modified":"2026-07-09T20:50:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:50:30","slug":"como-la-xenobofia-puede-afectar-la-salud-mental-de-las-personas-migrantes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.dementes.org.pe\/en\/2018\/08\/28\/como-la-xenobofia-puede-afectar-la-salud-mental-de-las-personas-migrantes\/","title":{"rendered":"How can xenophobia affect the mental health of migrants?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"color: #2289a3\"><strong>Xenophobia is defined as the rejection, hostility, and even hatred toward foreigners<\/strong><\/span>. This is something we can see and hear every day in the streets and in the media as a result of the significant migration flow that the Venezuelan crisis has brought to Peru.<\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">For migrants, leaving behind their families, friends, and everything they have built in their home country to begin a new life in ours is not an easy process. In this context, <strong><span style=\"color: #2289a3\">they have a higher likelihood of developing mental health-related conditions, with depression, anxiety, alcohol consumption, and the use of other substances being among the most common<\/span><\/strong>, according to Vanessa Herrera L\u00f3pez, psychiatrist from the Executive Directorate of Collective Health of the National Institute of Mental Health \u201cHonorio Delgado \u2013 Hideyo Noguchi,\u201d in a <a href=\"https:\/\/larepublica.pe\/sociedad\/1304476-venezolanos-peru-xenobofia-afecta-salud-mental-persona-migrantes-afirma-minsa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent interview with Diario La Rep\u00fablica<\/a>. Furthermore, feelings of fear and rejection can have negative effects not only on their mental health but also on their physical well-being.<\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">\u201cWe cannot remain indifferent and exclude others. <strong><span style=\"color: #2289a3\">Putting ourselves in someone else\u2019s place<\/span><\/strong> represents a social value such as solidarity, developing <strong><span style=\"color: #2289a3\">social empathy<\/span><\/strong>, and considering the common good as part of human development, as well as respecting the universal rights of every individual,\u201d states Herrera L\u00f3pez.<\/p>\n<p>Peru also faces challenges related to poverty and unemployment, which may lead some people to express negative emotions and thoughts toward migrants, creating a sense of competition and amplifying difficult situations, thereby increasing social conflicts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">However, it is important to recognize that rejection, discrimination, and prejudice against migrants have negative consequences on their health. It is time to demonstrate our capacity for empathy and <strong><span style=\"color: #2289a3\">extend a helping hand to those who need it the most<\/span><\/strong>. Let us remember that these are people who come to Peru seeking refuge from the economic situation and political crisis in their country, not by choice.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2289a3;\">#EveryoneForMentalHealth<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/larepublica.pe\/sociedad\/1304476-venezolanos-peru-xenobofia-afecta-salud-mental-persona-migrantes-afirma-minsa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diario La Rep\u00fablica<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analizamos las consecuencias negativas de la xenofobia en la salud mental de las personas migrantes, a la luz del \u00e9xodo venezolano hacia el Per\u00fa.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-4219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-articulos-noticias"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.dementes.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.dementes.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.dementes.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.dementes.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.dementes.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4219"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/staging.dementes.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6556,"href":"https:\/\/staging.dementes.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4219\/revisions\/6556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.dementes.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.dementes.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.dementes.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.dementes.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}