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Title: Impact of immigration detention and temporary protection on the mental health of refugees.
Author: Steel Z, Silove D, Brooks R, Momartin S, Alzuhairi B, Susljik I.
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Over the past decade, developed Western countries have supplied increasingly stringent measures to discourage those seeking asylum. AIMS: To investigate the longer-term mental health effects of mandatory detention and subsequent temporary prot
Journal: Br J Psychiatry. 2006 Jan;188:58-64.