长期等待庇护的心理影响
Aleena Shahzad1, Cornelius Katona1, Naomi Glover1
1Department of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK.
European journal of psychotraumatology
|June 10, 2025
概括
长时间的庇护等待时间显著损害心理健康,增加患抑郁症,焦虑症和自杀念头的风险. 改革庇护程序对于寻求庇护者的福祉至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 欧洲的庇护申请数量有所增加,导致大量案件积压.
- 长时间的等待与心理健康不佳,心理健康下降以及寻求庇护者的生活质量下降有关.
- 之前的审查涉及多个因素;本研究将处理延迟的影响隔离出来.
研究的目的:
- 系统地审查延长庇护等待时间对寻求庇护者的心理健康的影响.
- 综合现有的关于庇护程序持续时间与精神健康之间的关系的文献.
主要方法:
- 进行了系统的审查和叙事综合.
- 在MEDLINE和PsycINFO数据库中进行了搜索.
- 包括16项关于庇护程序持续时间和心理健康的定性,定量和混合方法研究.
主要成果:
- 长时间的等待时间与增加的抑郁,焦虑和PTSD有关.
- 长时间的延误会使先前存在的精神疾病恶化,并加剧自杀念头.
- 程序的模糊性,缺乏更新和家庭分离会对心理健康产生负面影响.
结论:
- 改革庇护程序对于保护寻求庇护者的心理健康至关重要.
- 需要一个更加人性化和高效的过程来缓解不良的心理结果.
- 解决处理延误对于改善这个脆弱群体的福祉至关重要.
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