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FERREIRA, Alisson Vinicius Silva  e  BORGES, Lucienne Martins. Far from home: psychological care and mental health indicators of university immigrants. Psicol. educ. [online]. 2021, n.52, pp.64-73. ISSN 1414-6975.  https://doi.org/10.23925/2175-3520.2021i52p54-63.

Given the internationalization of higher education and, consequently, the challenges of cultural and academic adaptation that university immigrants tend to face when entering a foreign university, this study sought to investigate the main demands and the profile of immigrants who looked for sought the service of psychology. from a Brazilian university with an international vocation. For this investigation a documentary analysis was used referring to the individual attendances carried out in the years 2016 and 2017. In terms of conclusion, it stood out the relationship between the cultural distance, the gender and the profile of the courses in which the immigrants were enrolled with the search for psychological care and the demands of mental and educational health.

Palavras-chave : University immigrants; Academic mobility; Mental health; Psychological support; Interculturality.

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