Journal of Psychiatric Practice
Volume 24, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 79-86

Psychiatry's Role in the Management of Human Trafficking Victims: An Integrated Care Approach (Review)

Gordon M. , Salami T.* , Coverdale J. , Nguyen P.T.
  • a Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
  • b Department of Psychology, Sam Houston State University, 1901 Avenue I, Suite 390, Huntsville, TX 77340, United States
  • c Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
  • d Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States

Abstract

Human trafficking is an outrageous human rights violation with potentially devastating consequences to individuals and the public health. Victims are often underrecognized and there are few guidelines for how best to identify, care for, and safely reintegrate victims back into the community. The purpose of this paper is to propose a multifaceted, interdisciplinary, and interprofessional guideline for providing care and services to human trafficking victims. Databases such as PubMed and PsycINFO were searched for papers outlining human trafficking programs with a primary psychiatric focus. No integrated care models that provide decisional guidelines at different points of intervention for human trafficking patients and that highlight the important role of psychiatric consultation were found. Psychiatrists and psychologists are pivotal to an integrated care approach in health care settings. The provision of such a comprehensive and integrated model of care should facilitate the identification of victims, promote their recovery, and reduce the possibility of retraumatization. © 2018 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

identification Psychiatry Reintegration Human trafficking Integrated care

Index Keywords

mental health service human psychiatrist psychologist Mental Health Services rehabilitation Medline Humans consultation male female PsycINFO Review victim human trafficking adult crime victim psychiatry Delivery of Health Care, Integrated integrated health care system systematic review practice guideline Crime Victims
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85068925669&doi=10.1097%2fPRA.0000000000000287&partnerID=40&md5=b86d741bc4355f229caf24031927b146
DOI: 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000287
ISSN: 15274160
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English