Mental health in immigration detention: A comparison of foreign national ex-prisoners and other detainees.
detention
foreign national ex-prisoners
immigration
mental disorders
Journal
Criminal behaviour and mental health : CBMH
ISSN: 1471-2857
Titre abrégé: Crim Behav Ment Health
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9309668
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2021
Aug 2021
Historique:
revised:
05
03
2021
received:
29
07
2020
accepted:
08
07
2021
entrez:
15
8
2021
pubmed:
16
8
2021
medline:
18
8
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
People held in immigration removal centres have a range of vulnerabilities relating both to disappointment at imminent removal from the country of hoped-for residence and various antecedent difficulties. An important subgroup in the UK is of foreign national ex-prisoners who have served a period of incarceration there. Prisoners generally have higher rates of mental disorders than the general population. It is, however, not clear whether foreign national ex-prisoners in UK immigration removal centres have higher rates of mental disorders than other detainees. To compare the screened prevalence of mental disorders, levels of unmet needs and time in detention between foreign national ex-prisoners and others in Immigration Removal Centres in England. We conducted a secondary analysis of cross-sectional survey data from a previously published study in one Immigration Removal Centre. The 28 foreign national ex-prisoners had been in immigration detention for longer and reported greater levels of unmet needs than the other 66 detainees. The highest levels of unmet needs among the foreign national ex-prisoners were in the areas of psychological distress and intimate relationships. After adjusting for time spent in detention, there was evidence to suggest that foreign national ex-prisoners had a higher screened prevalence of substance use disorders, autism spectrum disorders and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder than the other detainees. This study supports the view that foreign national ex-prisoners are a vulnerable group within immigration detention who have needs for enhanced and specialist service provision, including appropriate arrangements for health screening and active consideration to alternatives to their detention.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
People held in immigration removal centres have a range of vulnerabilities relating both to disappointment at imminent removal from the country of hoped-for residence and various antecedent difficulties. An important subgroup in the UK is of foreign national ex-prisoners who have served a period of incarceration there. Prisoners generally have higher rates of mental disorders than the general population. It is, however, not clear whether foreign national ex-prisoners in UK immigration removal centres have higher rates of mental disorders than other detainees.
AIMS
OBJECTIVE
To compare the screened prevalence of mental disorders, levels of unmet needs and time in detention between foreign national ex-prisoners and others in Immigration Removal Centres in England.
METHODS
METHODS
We conducted a secondary analysis of cross-sectional survey data from a previously published study in one Immigration Removal Centre.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The 28 foreign national ex-prisoners had been in immigration detention for longer and reported greater levels of unmet needs than the other 66 detainees. The highest levels of unmet needs among the foreign national ex-prisoners were in the areas of psychological distress and intimate relationships. After adjusting for time spent in detention, there was evidence to suggest that foreign national ex-prisoners had a higher screened prevalence of substance use disorders, autism spectrum disorders and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder than the other detainees.
CONCLUSIONS/IMPLICATIONS FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE
CONCLUSIONS
This study supports the view that foreign national ex-prisoners are a vulnerable group within immigration detention who have needs for enhanced and specialist service provision, including appropriate arrangements for health screening and active consideration to alternatives to their detention.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
275-287Subventions
Organisme : The travel and costs of the researchers were paid by King's College London
Informations de copyright
© 2021 The Authors. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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