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Spring 2021 Article Revision: Mental health consequences of immigration detention

Mental Health Consequences of Immigration Detention

This article was created a few months ago and I would like to work on expanding it significantly. I am very interested in learning more about the mental health impacts of detention, especially given the increases in detention, family separation, and other harmful immigration policies over the past few years. I would like to write more specific information about the experiences of migrants in these detention centers and the treatment they receive there. I would also like to explore how people with mental health conditions are treated in these detention centers. I would also like to include information relating to the ongoing effects of prior trauma and how that may be affected by detention. Overall, I would like to add more detailed information to this article to raise greater awareness about the severe mental health consequences immigration detention has, and what kinds of interventions and changes are possible. As part of this, I will be including several in depth studies that look into specific detention centers in the US and Australia.

Some of the references I will use for this include:

1.    Arnold, F. W. “Rapid Response: Unmet Medical Needs in detention.” British Medical Journa. N.p., 2006.

2.    Bosworth, Mary, The Impact of Immigration Detention on Mental Health: A Literature Review (2016). Bosworth, M. (2016). “Mental Health in Immigration Detention: A Literature Review”. Review into the Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons, Cm 9186. London: HSMO. , Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship Research Paper No. 2732892, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2732892

3.    Cleveland, J., Kronick, R., Gros, H. et al. Symbolic violence and disempowerment as factors in the adverse impact of immigration detention on adult asylum seekers’ mental health. Int J Public Health 63, 1001–1008 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-018-1121-7

4.    MacLean, Sarah A, et al. “Mental Health of Children Held at a United States Immigration Detention Center.” Social Science and Medicine, vol. 230, June 2019, pp. 303–308., doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.04.013.

5.    Robjant K, Robbins I, Senior V. Psychological distress amongst immigration detainees: a cross-sectional questionnaire study. Br J Clin Psychol. 2009 Sep;48(Pt 3):275-86. doi: 10.1348/014466508X397007. Epub 2009 Feb 5. PMID: 19200410.

6.    Silove D, Austin P, Steel Z. No Refuge from Terror: The Impact of Detention on the Mental Health of Trauma-affected Refugees Seeking Asylum in Australia. Transcultural Psychiatry. 2007;44(3):359-393. doi:10.1177/1363461507081637

7.    Steel, Z., Momartin, S., Bateman, C., Hafshejani, A., Silove, D.M., Everson, N., Roy, K., Dudley, M., Newman, L., Blick, B. and Mares, S. (2004), Psychiatric status of asylum seeker families held for a protracted period in a remote detention centre in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 28: 527-536. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.tb00042.x

8.    Steel, Z., Silove, D., Brooks, R., Momartin, S., Alzuhairi, B., & Susljik, I. (2006). Impact of immigration detention and temporary protection on the mental health of refugees. British Journal of Psychiatry, 188(1), 58-64. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.104.007864

9.    Torres, S. A., Santiago, C. D., Walts, K. K., & Richards, M. H. (2018). Immigration policy, practices, and procedures: The impact on the mental health of Mexican and Central American youth and families. American Psychologist, 73(7), 843–854.

10. Wood L. (2018). Impact of punitive immigration policies, parent-child separation and child detention on the mental health and development of children. BMJ paediatrics open, 2(1), e000338. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2018-000338

WikiProjects

I am a participant in the Black Lives Matter WikiProject, the Women's Health WikiProject, and the Medicine WikiProject. As part of these WikiProjects, I have created a new article on Black maternal mortality in the US, under the parent article Maternal mortality in the US.

About Me

Hello! I am a student located in the United States, and I am interested in health disparities, social determinants of health, migration and displacement, and the intersections of poverty, education, and mental health. I hope to contribute to these areas and related topics in social justice!

I created the article on Black maternal mortality in the US in order to highlight the racial disparities in maternal mortality in the United States.