The RACGP John Murtagh Library
Advocacy/Detention issues
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Johnston V. Australian asylum policies: have they violated the right to health of asylum seekers? Aust N Z J Public Health. 2009 Feb;33(1):40-6. Review. PubMed PMID: 19236357.
Hodes M. The mental health of detained asylum seeking children. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2010 Jul;19(7):621-3. Epub 2010 Jan 30. PubMed PMID: 20119746.
Newman L, Lightfoot T, Singleton G, Aroche J, Yong CS, Eagar S, Gordon A, Kotala P, Whelan A, Whittaker M; Detention Health Advisory Group (DeHAG). Mental illness in Australian immigration detention centres. Lancet. 2010 Apr 17;375(9723):1344-5. PubMed PMID: 20399975.
Mental illness in Australian immigration detention centres. Lancet. 2010 Feb 6;375(9713):434. PubMed PMID: 20152528.
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. Epub 2009 Feb 5. PubMed PMID: 19200410.
Koutroulis G. Public health metaphors in Australian policy on asylum seekers. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2009 Feb;33(1):47-50. PubMed PMID: 19236358.
Freely available articles
Cohen JR. Asylum seekers' health needs. With what right do we detain? BMJ. 2010 Aug 27;341:c4695. doi: 10.1136/bmj.c4695. PubMed PMID: 20801982.
Cohen D. Asylum seekers in detention centres receive poor medical care, MPsays. BMJ. 2008 Dec 16;337:a3022. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a3022. PubMed PMID: 19088138.
Schwarz-Nielsen KH, Elklitt A. An evaluation of the mental status of rejected asylum seekers in two Danish asylum centers. Torture. 2009;19(1):51-9. PubMed PMID: 19491487.
Green JP, Eagar K. The health of people in Australian immigration detention centres. Med J Aust. 2010 Jan 18;192(2):65-70. PubMed PMID: 20078404.
Phillips CB. Immigration detention and health. Med J Aust. 2010 Jan 18;192(2):61-2. PubMed PMID: 20078402.
Johnston V, Allotey P, Mulholland K, Markovic M. Measuring the health impact of human rights violations related to Australian asylum policies and practices: a mixed methods study. BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2009 Feb 3;9:1. PubMed PMID: 19192307; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2649030.
Robjant K, Hassan R, Katona C. Mental health implications of detaining asylum seekers: systematic review. Br J Psychiatry. 2009 Apr;194(4):306-12. Review. PubMed PMID: 19336779.
Zion D, Briskman L, Loff B. Nursing in asylum seeker detention in Australia: care, rights and witnessing. J Med Ethics. 2009 Sep;35(9):546-51. PubMed PMID: 19717693.
Key articles held as print copies or can be obtained from
other libraries
Newman LK, Steel Z. The child asylum seeker: psychological and developmental impact of immigration detention. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2008 Jul;17(3):665-83, x. PubMed PMID: 18558318.
McLoughlin P, Warin M. Corrosive places, inhuman spaces: mental health in Australian immigration detention. Health Place. 2008 Jun;14(2):254-64. Epub 2007 Jul 10. PubMed PMID: 17693119.
Maglen K. Inside truths: 'truth' and mental illness in the Australian asylum seeker and detention debates. Monash Bioeth Rev. 2007 Oct;26(4):47-66. PubMed PMID: 20433096.
Coffey GJ, Kaplan I, Sampson RC, Tucci MM. The meaning and mental health consequences of long-term immigration detention for people seeking asylum. Soc Sci Med. 2010 Jun;70(12):2070-9. Epub 2010 Mar 20. PubMed PMID: 20378223.
Lorek A, Ehntholt K, Nesbitt A, Wey E, Githinji C, Rossor E, Wickramasinghe R. The mental and physical health difficulties of children held within a British immigration detention center: a pilot study. Child Abuse Negl. 2009 Sep;33(9):573-85. Epub 2009 Oct 6. PubMed PMID: 19811830.
Steel Z, Momartin S, Bateman C, Hafshejani A, Silove DM, Everson N, Roy K, Dudley M, Newman L, Blick B, Mares S. Psychiatric status of asylum seeker families held for a protracted period in a remote detention centre in Australia. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2004 Dec;28(6):527-36. PubMed PMID: 15707201.