Nervenarzt
Volume 89, Issue 1, 2018

Psychosocial care of refugees in Germany: Insights from the emergency relief and development aid [Psychosoziale Versorgung von Flüchtlingen in Deutschland: Erkenntnisse aus der Not- und Entwicklungshilfe] (Review)

Bajbouj M.* , Alabdullah J. , Ahmad S. , Schidem S. , Zellmann H. , Schneider F. , Heuser I.
  • a Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, Berlin, 12203, Germany
  • b Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, Berlin, 12203, Germany
  • c Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights, Turmstr. 21, Berlin, 10559, Germany
  • d IsraAid, Beit Hatfutsot Office 711, Tel Aviv University, 15 Klauzner St., Tel Aviv, 6139202, Israel
  • e Ärzte ohne Grenzen, Am Koellnischen Park 1, Berlin, 10179, Germany
  • f Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, Aachen, 52074, Germany, JARA-BRAIN Institute Brain Structure-Function Relationships: Decoding the Human Brain at systemic levels, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH und RWTH Aachen, Aachen, 52074, Germany
  • g Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, Berlin, 12203, Germany

Abstract

Approximately 1.2 million refugees have arrived in Germany since autumn 2014. They are often appraised as being a challenge for the German healthcare system because the acute need for healthcare support was large and appeared suddenly while at the same time resources were limited. This situation was previously unknown for a western European healthcare system, whereas it constitutes a typical challenge for nongovernmental organizations that are active in the field of emergency relief and development aid and that have developed a large number of successful intervention concepts. Of central importance in this context are the basic principles of equal rights, participation of those affected, the principle of nonmaleficence, the resource orientation instead of a deficit orientation as well as the need for integrated and stepped care models. These can serve as general principles not only in the setting of development aid in crisis areas worldwide but also in the health services provided to refugees in the current situation in Germany. © 2017, Springer Medizin Verlag GmbH.

Author Keywords

Participation Resource orientation Nonmaleficence Care requirements Equal rights

Index Keywords

emergency Forecasting Germany refugee health care planning human Refugees trends health service Health Resources organization Western European psychosocial care Health Services Needs and Demand human rights Humans psychology model organization and management Emergency Medical Services human experiment emergency health service autumn Psychosocial Support Systems global health health care system Delivery of Health Care, Integrated Organizations integrated health care system Health Services Accessibility public health health care delivery National Health Programs
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85017476701&doi=10.1007%2fs00115-017-0326-y&partnerID=40&md5=174e246d10642ed15c3d4131e82be377
DOI: 10.1007/s00115-017-0326-y
ISSN: 00282804
Cited by: 2
Original Language: German