Children and young people in immigration detention

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 285-292

  Dudley, Michael ^a   Steel, Zachary ^a   Mares, Sarah ^b,c   Newman, Louise ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c Redbank House   (Australia)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

human rights; mental health of children; refugee mental health

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEHUMANIZATION; DEPRESSION; DETENTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HERNIA INCARCERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; IMMIGRATION; INJURY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PLAY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SOCIAL CONTROL; STARVATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TERRORISM;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PRISONERS; REFUGEES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861832571     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3283548676     Document Type: Review

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