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- Title
The mental health services for detained asylum seekers in Malta.
- Authors
Taylor-East, Rachel; Rossi, Alexia; Caruana, Julian; Grech, Anton
- Abstract
The article discusses results of a survey by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which shows an increase in the number of individuals claiming asylum, for the years ending 2005-2014 in Malta. The survey highlights the Maltese government policy on detention for refugees seeking asylum and its impact to refugees with mental health illness. It recommends a review on the government's local detention policy for refugees with mental disorders.
- Subjects
DETENTION of persons; MENTAL health of refugees; MENTAL health policy; MEDICAL care of political refugees; OFFICE of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; MALTESE politics &; government
- Publication
BJPsych International, 2016, Vol 13, Issue 2, p32
- ISSN
2056-4740
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1192/S2056474000001070