... In conclusion, we have obtained a better understanding of the mental health status of female foreign spouses in transnational marriages, who face many difficulties. Indonesian or Vietnamese spouses ... 11:4http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/11/4Page 9 of 9 has been increasing in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, andTaiwan since the 1990s. In 2006, one in every five marriages in Taiwan was transnational [2], and 89% of the foreign spouses involved ... 11:4http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/11/4Page 6 of 9 RESEARC H ARTIC LE Open Access Mental health of female foreign spouses in transnational marriages in southern TaiwanBih-Ching Shu1, For-Wey Lung2,3,4,5*, Ching-Hsien Chen6AbstractBackground:...