Doctors at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital are refusing to discharge refugee children back into detention. Which should be a priority - their duty of care to their patient or the law?
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From July, doctors will no longer be able to fulfil their ethical and professional obligations to report mistreatment of detainees.
Many asylum seekers, including children, have experienced conflict, family separation and significant human rights violations. So how does immigration detention affect their mental health?
The federal government has tabled the long-awaited Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) report into children held in immigration detention. The report, which recommends a royal commission be held…
Refugees settling in Australia constantly face new challenges. They have to re-adjust to new income levels, cultural practices and language. They also face a new food environment, where many traditional…
Immigration department secretary Martin Bowles has said his department was seeking advice about new data on the mental health problems of children in detention, not trying to cover it up. Bowles was responding…
The 1,000-plus children currently detained in immigration detention facilities in Australia and Nauru are at risk of serious mental health and developmental problems. The Human Rights Commission this week…
The use of medicine as an “instrument of violence” in both the Iraq War and the Syrian conflict shows how blurred the lines between civilian and combatant spaces can become. According to the authors of…
Refugees and asylum seekers living in Australia are particularly vulnerable to self-harm and suicidal behaviours, but aren’t getting the specialised mental health care they need, according to a Spotlight…
Refugees arriving in Australia often suffer from dangerous levels of Vitamin B12 deficiency, which can be fatal if left untreated, a new study has found. The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, concluded…
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Paediatrician and Associate Professor, UNSW
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Professorial Fellow in Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer & Director Engagement and International, School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University
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Director, Centre for International Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
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Distinguished Laureate Professor of Medicine University of Newcastle, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW
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Professor of Biochemical Parasitology, University of Glasgow
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Research Fellow in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
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Director of Health in Human Diversity Unit, Adelaide University
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Research fellow, Griffith University
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Lecturer in Emergency Management, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor and Head of Humanitarian Research Program, Australian National University
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra