BMJ (Online)
Volume 349, 2014

Inadequate mental healthcare in immigration removal centres: Doctors must not be complicit in a system that prioritises deterrence over protection of refugees and asylum seekers (Editorial)

Grant-Peterkin H.* , Schleicher T. , Fazel M. , Majid S. , Robjant K. , Smith G. , Katona C.
  • a East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
  • b Medical Justice, London, United Kingdom
  • c Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • d Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
  • e Helen Bamber Foundation, London, United Kingdom
  • f East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
  • g Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

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Index Keywords

Needs Assessment refugee mental health service health care planning schizophrenia mental health human immigration Refugees detention statistics and numerical data priority journal State Medicine relapse Great Britain Mental Health Services Human Rights Abuses national health service Mental Disorders human rights abuse human rights mental disease asylum seeker mental health care Mandatory Programs Humans mandatory program Editorial psychology responsibility male England female supply and distribution sexual exploitation automutilation prevention and control sexual abuse standards organization and management legislation and jurisprudence adult migration posttraumatic stress disorder health care quality United Kingdom Quality of Health Care standard Emigration and Immigration disease severity high risk patient Social Responsibility health care need Suicide social behavior Child
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84989201396&doi=10.1136%2fbmj.g6627&partnerID=40&md5=261e5b5d96cf113f669535313d90b8da
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g6627
ISSN: 09598146
Cited by: 8
Original Language: English