The mental health services for detained asylum seekers in Malta

Approximately 17 000 individuals have claimed asylum in Malta over the past 10 years. Maltese law stipulates mandatory detention. Here, we review Malta’s asylum procedures and detention policy, and explore the impact of detention on mental health. We review the current mental health services and mak...

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Autores principales: Taylor-East, Rachel, Rossi, Alexia, Caruana, Julian, Grech, Anton
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2016
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Thematic Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5619617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29093894
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spelling pubmed-56196172017-11-01 The mental health services for detained asylum seekers in Malta Taylor-East, Rachel Rossi, Alexia Caruana, Julian Grech, Anton BJPsych Int Thematic Paper Approximately 17 000 individuals have claimed asylum in Malta over the past 10 years. Maltese law stipulates mandatory detention. Here, we review Malta’s asylum procedures and detention policy, and explore the impact of detention on mental health. We review the current mental health services and make recommendations to help fill the gaps. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2016-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5619617/ /pubmed/29093894 Text en © 2016 The Royal College of Psychiatrists http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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