被拘留的寻求庇护者的心理健康
Allen S Keller1, Barry Rosenfeld, Chau Trinh-Shevrin
1Bellevue/New York University Program for Survivors of Torture, Division of Primary Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA. allen.keller@med.nyu
Lancet (London, England)
|December 4, 2003
概括
在美国拘留寻求庇护者显著加剧了焦虑,抑郁和PTSD症状. 从拘留中释放导致心理健康明显改善.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 寻求庇护者在申请裁决期间在美国面临长期拘留.
- 这项研究调查了移民拘留对寻求庇护者的心理影响.
研究的目的:
- 评估长期拘留对寻求庇护者的心理影响.
- 检查拘留时间和心理健康症状之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 采访了70名在纽约,新泽西州和宾夕法尼亚州被拘留的寻求庇护者.
- 利用自我报告问卷来衡量焦虑,抑郁和创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 的症状.
- 在基线和随访时评估心理症状.
主要成果:
- 在基线时,观察到高临床显著症状率:77%的焦虑,86%的抑郁,50%的PTSD.
- 所有心理症状都与拘留时间有显著的相关性.
- 被释放的参与者表现出明显的症状减少,而被拘留的参与者表现出增加的痛苦.
结论:
- 拘留寻求庇护者与加剧的心理症状有关.
- 这些发现凸显了长时间的移民拘留对心理健康的不利影响.
- 与寻求庇护者拘留和心理健康支持有关的政策考虑是合理的.
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