Non-clinicians’ judgments about asylum seekers’ mental health: how do legal representatives of asylum seekers decide when to request medico-legal reports?

Background : Procedures for determining refugee status across Europe are being speeded up, despite the high prevalence of mental health difficulties among asylum seekers. An assurance given is that ‘‘vulnerable applicants’’ will be identified and excluded...

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Main Authors: Lucy Wilson-Shaw, Nancy Pistrang, Jane Herlihy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2012-10-01
Series:European Journal of Psychotraumatology
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Online Access:http://www.eurojnlofpsychotraumatol.net/index.php/ejpt/article/view/18406/pdf_1