Psychiatric assessment of children and families in immigration detention - Clinical, administrative and ethical issues

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 520-526

  Mares, Sarah ^a   Jureidini, Jon ^b,c,d  

^a The New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DETENTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFANT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOANALYSIS; REFUGEE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 14544299378     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.tb00041.x     Document Type: Article

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