Keller Allen S, Ford Douglas, Sachs Emily, Rosenfeld Barry, Trinh-Shevrin Chau, Meserve Chris, Leviss Jonathan A, Singer Elizabeth, Smith Hawthorne, Wilkinson John, Kim Glen, Allden Kathleen, Rockline Paul
Bellevue/New York University (NYU) Program for Survivors of Torture, 462 First Ave, CD 710, New York, NY 10016, USA.
J Ambul Care Manage. 2003 Oct-Dec;26(4):383-5. doi: 10.1097/00004479-200310000-00016.
Asylum seekers arriving in the United States are often imprisoned for months or years while their asylum claims are processed. Recently, Physicians for Human Rights and the Bellevue/New York University Program for Survivors of Torture released the findings of the first systematic study examining the health of detained asylum seekers. The study found that the mental health of asylum seekers interviewed was extremely poor, including high levels of symptoms for anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder, which worsened the longer individuals were in detention. The study also raises concerns about the manner in which asylum seekers are treated upon arrival in the United States and then while in detention. These findings support assertions that detention has a harmful effect on the health and well-being of asylum seekers. Policies regarding the long-term detention of asylum seekers should be reconsidered.
抵达美国的寻求庇护者在其庇护申请审理期间往往会被关押数月甚至数年。最近，人权医生组织以及贝尔维尤/纽约大学酷刑幸存者项目公布了首项系统性研究的结果，该研究调查了被拘留寻求庇护者的健康状况。研究发现，接受访谈的寻求庇护者心理健康状况极差，焦虑、抑郁和创伤后应激障碍症状严重，而且被拘留时间越长，情况越糟。该研究还引发了人们对寻求庇护者抵达美国后以及被拘留期间所受待遇方式的担忧。这些研究结果支持了有关拘留会对寻求庇护者的健康和福祉产生有害影响的说法。应重新考虑有关长期拘留寻求庇护者的政策。
